This visualization is stark, but I would love to dive into the real reasons as to why this could be a bad thing, and how we got to this point. Here are my assumptions, please let me know if any are interesting, correct, or wrong: 1. "Velocity of money" is a concept which appears to indicate that giving money to a non-rich person is far better for the economy than giving it the to the wealthy. 2. Humans are just not e…
I think you DO want a distribution in this shape, but we need to turn down the contrast. It needs to be smoother from the top.
I should have been a bit more clear. To me, a disparity is "normal." The problem is the current scale of the disparity, and especially its seemingly unstoppable rate of increase.
What is going to be the end state if we proceed with the status quo?