LET’S GET ONE THING straight: no one becomes a billionaire by working hard. Here’s the argument you hear ad nauseam: “I earned my fortune through hard work and smart choices. First, if hard work made you rich, every cleaner, every nurse and every fruit picker in this country would be a millionaire. She didn’t work harder; she just captured more value created by other people’s labour. So the next time some fat-cat tells you the poor just didn’t work hard enough, don’t argue economics.