Anargumentum ad crumenamargument, also known asan argument to the purse, is theinformal fallacy of drawing conclusions based on the speaker's financial status.^[1][2]The term generally refers to the assumption that having wealth is indicative of insight or virtue, and that poverty denotes the opposite.^[1]

The opposite is theargumentum ad lazarum.

• "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?"
• "This new law is a good idea. Most of the people against it are riff-raff who make less than $20,000 a year."
• "Warren Buffett is hosting a seminar. This seminar is better than others, because Warren Buffett is richer than most people."

• Genetic fallacies
• Latin philosophical phrases
• Latin logical phrases
• Wealth

• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata