Adam Smith published a great work on the basics of our economies,

ive read it

Everyone wants a slice of a pie AND for the pie to get bigger at the same time. So why not connect ourselves to world we're thrown to and make it work for us, and understand it?

work for us meaning?

because

exactly

You've never felt any of those emotions? Never experienced the release of oxytocin, serotonin and dopamine?

emotions of want?

Financially, women are very much independent from men today

no human is independent of another

But this is analogous to prosperity and comfort, you don't want any of these things just because its Dunya?

you can, its halal, but we will be asked about how we spent our wealth

You seem very binary in your argument, as if every dollar spent must have a religious motive behind it, else it is the evil Dunya and the west pulling your strings making you its slave to the unstoppable march of consumerism.

how will your money avail you on the yawm al qiyyamah?

even spending on your family is sadaqah for you, putting food in the mouth of your wife is sadaqah

spending money for the purpose of pleasure will not help you, will it? pleasure itself is متع

People can work to elevate their lifestyle, increase their comforts and reduce hardships on their children while not being gluttonous, whats wrong with that?

how do you know you're not being gluttonous