according to harry potter books they can make pumpkins grow,kill others but why can't the weasleys make money?

Answer 1

I'll bet there's a wizarding law against it. It would ruin any supply and demand concept if a wizard could simply wave a wand and make money. But Fred and George were able to make money toward the end of the book after they started their little business, which was rather successful.

Answer 2

You cannot transfigure food or money from, say, a toothbrush.

Also, we know that a lot of wizarding laws are similar to muggle laws. I'm sure magical counterfiet is banned in the Wizarding World.

I believe J.K. has talked about this in an interview, though I can't recall which one because it wasn't very recent.

And also, the Weasley's are an honest, loyal, and "decent" family of Wizardfolk. I don't think they'd feel right about any kind of magical cheating for their finances. And they do provide for their family and make money (Arthur gets the bacon, Molly turn's it into something delcious). Wealth like the Malfoy's have is something that is inherited, not earned.

Answer 3

They're not communists!
One cannot magically create food or money. If it were real, maybe all wizards would be on the Fortune 500, but Rowling could not have depicted Wizard society if there were no financial strata.

Answer 4

You are meaning why they can't transfigure something else to make money. There are laws and rules governing transfiguration. JKR has not made these clear in the books, other than that you can't conjure food from non-food.

IIRC, JKR has dealt with this question one or more of her chats and interviews.

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Answer 5

Hermione says in one of the books that there are wizarding laws that say you can not create money or foods so that's why they had to send food to sirius when he was hiding outside of hogsmeade.