Exactly. the issue is that economic growth over the last 20-30 years appears to be accruing at vastly different rates to different income brackets ( even if yo

Exactly. the issue is that economic growth over the last 20-30 years appears to be accruing at vastly different rates to different income brackets ( even if you remove top 1% out of the analysis ), not the starting level of inequality. Since it's the case even for say top 60% bracket vs 20% bottom bracket, having taken out the top 40%, it has little or nothing to do with startups.