Shower thought: We define wealth by income instead of assets because most people don't understand how capital gains work.

Never assume malice when incompetence is involved. When it comes to the word “wealth” (that’s how rich Germans are, Germany is a rich country, etc.), many media outlets almost reflexively focus on income instead of looking at assets. This often leads to heated discussions here too. But what if this reporting has no real bad intention (or political agenda), but is simply driven by the fact that journalists also spend their money on the 0?