Rich man’s burden

AN ABUNDANCE of money is no miracle cure for all human ills, as the new rich—like each generation of the wealthy before them—are discovering. What is different this time is that there are so many more of them. As Dinesh D'Souza argues in his fascinating study of the new rich, “The Virtue of Prosperity”, today millions of families “have triumphed against necessity; they are, by any historical standard, rich. So they are ready to pursue happiness, but this is where the problem begins: they don't know where to find it.”