>>79212271because Scrooge is at his core more of a materialist than a capitalist. he does care about being the richest duck in the world, but he also care about owning more things than anyone else.
people have done equations on how much cash actually is in his money bin, and when you think about it, it can't really be that much. it's not about having the sum of the money but about having all the money, physically, because he came from such poor conditions.