The Guardian has reported on a growing industry of “wealth psychologists” in the USA, who are helping the 1 percent overcome the feelings of guilt and loneliness that come with being filthy rich.

“Many of the uber wealthy … feel that their problems are really not problems”, says Clay Cockrell, an expert in rich people’s problems, himself having been through the harrowing experience. Yes: try having to make chit chat, every day, with a chauffeur.

“It’s really isolating to have a lot of money”, says another money therapist. No doubt. The world’s richest 67 people now have more wealth than the bottom 3.5 billion. These 67 wouldn’t have much time to hang out together. When they did, it would be to buy each other up and climb to the top of a new, smaller pile.

But no-one wants to be friends with someone who stamps repeatedly on their face: please make a note of this if you are having trouble socialising.

“I am not necessarily comparing it to what people of colour have to go through, but … Sometimes I am shocked by things that people say. If you substitute in the word Jewish or Black, you would never say something like that.”

I agree. No one would ever say: “Ninety-five percent of income gains in the US since the financial crisis of 2008-9 have gone to Blacks”.