Clearly, the story is written by a hare-brained leftist (aren't they all hare-brained?). A chap starts asteroid mining and gives all the proceeds to people.
A high school dropout will tell you that when money is being handed out without consideration, money loses value. It becomes worthless. The entire movie is based on this premise hence as bereft of value as the money in it.
My only question is, have Salma Hayek and Owen Wilson (two intelligent human beings) fallen on such hard times that they have to make such movies?