I like Krugman, and agree with him on this; though it's quite an example of Betteridge's Law. Obviously vast inequality isn't necessary, there are plenty of his

I like Krugman, and agree with him on this; though it's quite an example of Betteridge's Law. Obviously vast inequality isn't necessary, there are plenty of historical examples of merely ordinary inequality (and even a few of almost-equality). To me the question his piece begs is "how do you legislate redistribution when your lawmakers are beholden to the vast amounts of money the super-rich happen to have?"