Does Lucius work? (WAS the importance of being Draco Malfoy)

[littleleahstill]

No: HPFGUIDX 114170

SSSusan wrote:
>This is almost totally off the topic of your post, but your mention
>of a "monitary diet" for Draco struck me. Do folks here think Lucius
>has to work? I somehow thought his wealth was inherited and that he
>doesn't have to work beyond anything he chooses to do for fun or gain
>(of power). Do we have any canon support for his working or not
>working?

Leah:
I don't think we do have any canon at all on this.  He seems to be a 
frequent visitor to the MOM, but I don't think there's any indication 
that he works there.  I assume he lives off his and Narcissa's 
inheritances, which would mean he has to invest to gain interest on 
his capital or take out loans on land and real property. Presumably 
his investments and loans are with Gringotts, and I wonder whether 
this is one of the reasons he is so thick with Fudge, who, according 
to the Quibbler, has his own designs on the bank. In fact one could 
equate the goblins with medieval Jewish moneylenders in terms of 
their vulnerability to the powerful who are in debt to them. (though 
currently the goblins seem to look after themselves more 
effectively )  

As an off topic aside to an off topic aside, could the WW use 
timetravel as an investment tool- change your knuts etc to muggle 
money, nip back a hundred years, put it in the bank, and withdraw 
your interest in the future?   
Leah