People typically seek to maximize the return on their activities whatever their views on inequality. Thus Joseph Stiglitz, author of "The Price of Inequality: H

People typically seek to maximize the return on their activities whatever their views on inequality. Thus Joseph Stiglitz, author of "The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future" has no problem charging $50,000 - $100,000 for a speech thus making his income proportional to his talents. That's what most of us do. Famous politicians who've preached from the same hymn book, go even higher. The interesting questions are at what level do you set the 'inequality coefficient' and how would you meet it using rules that don't stifle innovation and prevent people like Elon Musk, Bill Gates and countless others from doing interesting things?