He'd spent all his life grubbing money, and not only by fair means.
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He sees this as a status symbol. By having money he proves his worth or so he believes
Scrooge (and Marley, when alive) was a money-lender, charging high rates of interest. He started with very little. From a sign on his building it said Importer of fine goods and china. So he was an importer and then got into money loaning. He probably partnered with Marley as an importer loaning money was less risky and with higher returns.
Because he made facebook....
yes he did... Whitney invented a way to manufacture muskets by machine so that the parts were interchangeable and made him become rich
Yes. * Some rich people became poor, but there was still a group of people who were rich and some who were poor * So, long answer short - yes