Fohaba it looks like you’ve gotten some good responses here. I thought I might recommend you to some other resources that will help expand your understanding…
For resources on the concept of “capital”, see here.
Also see "The Importance of Capital Theory"
As for “wealth”, this is a nice little introduction:
Finally, check out these Reading lists. You won’t be without anything to do as long as you have that 
To see the top recommendations, see Two books highschoolers must read (it only says high schoolers because everyone should read them, and that’s the latest everyone should read them…if you’re past high school, and you haven’t, you’re behind )
But before you do anything, I suggest you start with these three vids. Watch them in this order. They will blow you away…
One### Two### Three
(Bear in mind, these are full lectures…roughly an hour each…so be sure you have the time available to finish one before you start it. I realize it can be tough to watch something on a computer that long (especially a lecture), but you may be surprised. Grab a snack and get comfortable. These will give you the best foundation you can get in this amount of time.)
(If it would be easier to listen to them on an mp3 player, you can download the audios…here, here, and here.)
Then, over time, this series of interviews with economist Thomas Sowell. That’ll get ya started