What might one learn in a “wealth training” course? Dalrymple writes of receiving an invitation to one such course whose advice seems a little obvious:

A little research revealed that if I accepted the invitation, I should receive advice such as that I ought not to spend more than I’ve earned… I should also learn, if I accepted the invitation, that I should not waste my substance on fripperies or depreciating assets such as expensive modern cars, another lesson that is so obvious that the reason people fail to heed it cannot be a mere lack of information. Another snippet of advice that I should receive is that I should never, under any circumstances, lose money by investing it…

The cost of the course? $2,000 per day.