> the facts it cites weren't new or surprising and the analysis wasn't insightful. That I agree with. More interesting was the recent Pew study of what US citi

> the facts it cites weren't new or surprising and the analysis wasn't insightful. That I agree with. More interesting was the recent Pew study of what US citizens perceive as wealth distribution versus what it is in reality: http://baselinescenario.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/screen-shot-2010-09-28-at-1-22-48-pm.png http://baselinescenario.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/screen-s... It's increasingly depressing the extent to which this isn't news any more. But the truth is, it's not at all clear what, given the global economy, can or should be done about it. We could offer free education and health care to everyone, and that still wouldn't bring factory and construction jobs back.