Undertheformerheadareemploymentsthathavetodowithownershiporacquisition；underthelatterhead，thosethathavetodowithworkmanshiporproduction。Aswasfoundinspeakingofthegrowthofinstitutions，sowithregardtoemployments。Theeconomicinterestsoftheleisureclasslieinthepecuniaryemployments；thoseoftheworkingclasseslieinbothclassesofemployments，butchieflyintheindustrial。Entrancetotheleisureclassliesthroughthepecuniaryemployments。
Thesetwoclassesofemploymentdiffermateriallyinrespectoftheaptitudesrequiredforeach；andthetrainingwhichtheygivesimilarlyfollowstwodivergentlines。Thedisciplineofthepecuniaryemploymentsactstoconserveandtocultivatecertainofthepredatoryaptitudesandthepredatoryanimus。Itdoesthisbothbyeducatingthoseindividualsandclasseswhoareoccupiedwiththeseemploymentsandbyselectivelyrepressingandeliminatingthoseindividualsandlinesofdescentthatareunfitinthisrespect。Sofarasmen’shabitsofthoughtareshapedbythecompetitiveprocessofacquisitionandtenure；sofarastheireconomicfunctionsarecomprisedwithintherangeofownershipofwealthasconceivedintermsofexchangevalue，anditsmanagementandfinancieringthroughapermutationofvalues；
sofartheirexperienceineconomiclifefavorsthesurvivalandaccentuationofthepredatorytemperamentandhabitsofthought。
Underthemodern，peaceablesystem，itisofcoursethepeaceablerangeofpredatoryhabitsandaptitudesthatischieflyfosteredbyalifeofacquisition。Thatistosay，thepecuniaryemploymentsgiveproficiencyinthegenerallineofpracticescomprisedunderfraud，ratherthaninthosethatbelongunderthemorearchaicmethodofforcibleseizure。
Thesepecuniaryemployments，tendingtoconservethepredatorytemperament，aretheemploymentswhichhavetodowithownership——theimmediatefunctionoftheleisureclassproper——andthesubsidiaryfunctionsconcernedwithacquisitionandaccumulation。Thesecovertheclassofpersonsandthatrangeofdutiesintheeconomicprocesswhichhavetodowiththeownershipofenterprisesengagedincompetitiveindustry；