wealth comes from others, in return for goods or services provided, in the form of goods or services

therefore, it follows that wealth, and economics, is rooted in other people,  aka politics

since humans contest each other for their needs as much as their wants,  politics can also be seen legislating things that are seemingly non-essential non-fundamental facile , ditto the escalating price for premium junk food or flimsy gilty name-items

again, if someone were to build a Maslow Index for a polity ....

religion functions as opium - pain-killing, euphoria-producing

spirituality on the other hand,  produces energy and clear-seeing 

3 shots of olive oil,  taken two hours after a meal,  makes you to do epic shit