Once again you miss the point.
It's amazing how stupid you really are....or how clever you are at changing the subject.
I have yet to come to a suitable conclusion on which it is.
You continue to press the point that there are wealthier people than some innovators.
What the hell difference does that make? It does not change my premise at all.
If Trump is wealthier than the guy that invents a new dental device.
That doesnt mean the dental device inventor is not "greatly rewarded".
Because Nobel Prize winners are not American does not have any relevance either.
Many of the Nobel Prize winners...most...came from countries that offer great rewards to innovators.
However if you look at the list Americans have won 338 Nobel Prizes, no other country even has half that amount!
Innovation is not impossible where there are no rewards....it is just empirically a lot less likely to happen without rewards.
You just are not going to get across the board innovation in societies like Cuba, North Korea, ect.....
When rewards are absent...sure a few may try to innovate.
But when rewards are present....lots more try to innovate...and thus innovation production is exponentially increased.
Again...it's not brain surgery.....
I am building some log cabins right now.....
There are all kinds of new building materials and tools on the market today...
Craftsmen, carpenters, masons, ect....think of ideas that make a job more productive, easier, faster.
Some patent these ideas....that they think of.....if the product is industry changing
then the guy or guys that thought of the new idea can be greatly rewarded....
that's how it should be...and keeps the flow of innovation flowing.
where great rewards are present...there are channels to make ideas turn into reality.
A guy in North Korea may have a great idea....but mostly the channels to bring that to reality are absent.
That absence stifles most innovation.....great ideas are shit if they cant become a reality.
