Quote Originally Posted by Lyric View Post
No, the point is to show that a society with a wealthy top 10% is better than an equal society with less wealth. Does that make sense? This is very important. Allowing wealth to pool at the top is fine as long as those wealthy people can't force me to do anything or pollute or do any harm to anyone. Money by itself can't hurt me.
Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies | Video on TED.com

Had to ponder this one a bit.