Howard's economic legacy was a mirage. It should be noted for the explosion of household debt, rising inequality and a cause of today's intergenerational frictions.

Indeed his much vaunted surpluses, as a % of GDP, pale in comparison to the private sector deficits, typical of this period.

-Fund non-government progressive research and advocacy
-Audit/revise their investments
-Whatever their motivations, not assuming their wealth, almost certainly obtained via luck, automatically gives them special insight into issues for which they have no experience or expertise