I think the message is more about general inequality rather than individual progress. Over the past 30 years the histogram of wealth distribution has skewed ev

I think the message is more about general inequality rather than individual progress. Over the past 30 years the histogram of wealth distribution has skewed even more heavily to whomever happens to be at the top at the moment. We've gone from approximately a 12:1 ratio for 1%:50% to about a 150:-1 ratio. -1!