Any Lucius theories? Old money

[i_am_erasmas]

No: HPFGUIDX 44389

ezzie wrote:
> I get the feeling that the Malfoy family has a great deal of money 
> from being an old family.  Draco has that sort of upper class, 
> well educated, well connected feel about him.  Sort of like the 
> snobby upper class kids that go to schools in the real world.  
> Malfoy's connections are referred to many times in the books:
> 

But what is the basis of old money in the wizarding world? The Lucius 
types in the muggle world are generally big land owners, and collect 
their money from rents. 

I'm sure this has been discussed by I feel the basis of wizarding 
economy is recovery of muggle treasures (I've always thought 
Gringotts has a big presence in the Caribean as well as Egypt and 
that galleons are called galleons because most of them are recovered 
from sunken spanish galleons). 

So, I would think old money in the wizarding world would be either 
from holding shares in Gringotts or other established wizard 
businesses. I think Lucius hold favour with Voldemort because of his 
pull in the ministry, and that he also has connections that are 
useful for swaying public opinion. I wouldn't be at all surprised to 
find that the Malfoys have a controlling interest in The Daily 
Prophet and the WWN. Control of the media would partly explain why 
Fudge and other ministry officials (eg. disposal of magical 
creatures).

These ideas don't really have much of a basis in canon but they would 
explain how the forces of evil seem to have such persistence in the 
corridors of power, despite the attrocities that occured in 
Voldemort's first rise. 

Erasmas