I'm more thinking of factoids like "the top X% have Y% of the wealth." People find these to be profoundly illustrative about the state of the world, justice, an

I'm more thinking of factoids like "the top X% have Y% of the wealth." People find these to be profoundly illustrative about the state of the world, justice, and policy, and aren't normally placated by the information that this is paper money or that the inequality in actual consumption is much lower. If for example housing collapses relative to stocks, the world will seem a much darker place, at least to the extent that you think these stats indicate the kind of place the world is.