You're right, I'm also slightly mis-stating the problem. Poverty is bad. Institutionalized Income inequality is also bad, but neither of the authors are much

You're right, I'm also slightly mis-stating the problem. Poverty is bad. Institutionalized Income inequality is also bad, but neither of the authors are much addressing that problem. That said, I'm pretty sure the Ezra Kleins of the world would much prefer to have those multiple Bill Gates. And in a world that had so many innovators, I doubt you'd have the wealth concentrations we tend to see, but that's certainly an arguable point. Nonetheless, I feel PG's essay was defensive about points that aren't being generally attacked, and his response addresses the individual points without ever correcting his initial mistake.