I think I would vote differtly depending on the level of wealth. Somone can make thewir way to owning a million, or two with hard work and saving, ethical investments, or entreperneurship. But use some of these samne tools to make it to 10 or 100 million, and chances are you've done something highly unethical.
I think the lottery is interesting because its about luck. It seems to me that the combination of luck, talent and hard work probably combines to the best way to get >=10 million wealthy without ethical compromises. Fat tail activities. When I write a book, its hard work, it takes talent, but without a huge amount of luck I'm making less than my 18 year old kid makes at the supermarket. There is a tiny change though that I'll somehow get lucky, and the pay-out would be a thousand times that.Luck, talent, hard work.
As for the least ethical way, apart from human traficing and being a hit man and stuff like that, my vote would be divorce.
Just as divorce can immediately enrich the couple, it can impoverish the husband in Latin countries and under leftist regimes a good point to keep in mind.
Most likely. Saving will probably never make someone wealthy, unless their job is one of those 10M a year kind of deals.
I think "the chance for luck" is emphasized when there is the hard work and skill put into it also. Part of this is being able to see lucky opportunities when they arise. I suspect that my lack of talent in any areas has meant that I have missed many lucky outcomes :)