What to adult wizards do??

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Re: What do adult wizards do???  

This may have been discussed before, but I am always wondering.......

We have read that Mr. Weasley works at the MOM, as well as Barty Crouch, also 
Percy W. and Cornelius Fudge, and the many who were mentioned at the time of 
the TriWizard Cup as working for various departments of the MOM. Then there 
was Bertha Jorkins, etc. etc.  

We know that many are teachers, either at Hogwarts or other schools of 
witchcraft and wizardry.  

We are aware of the many wizards and witches that own shops in Hogsmeade, or 
Diagon Alley, or Nocturne Alley.  Or who drive the Night Bus. 

What do the others do for a living?   I don't know what Lucius Malfoy does.  
He seems to be very well-financed as evidenced by his large home, his house 
elf, his ability to buy racing brooms for the quidditch team.

What did the parents of James Potter do to leave him so much money?  It's 
fine to say he inherited money, but where did it come from originally?   Is 
there a wizard stock market?  Do wizards own other real estate other than 
their own homes for rentals?   If they trade only in wizard money,  to make 
money from others one would have to perform a service of some kind, right?   

So, again I was wondering......what do wizards like Lucius Malfoy, or the 
families of other Hogwarts students,  do to earn wizard money?

Brenda W. 


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