Current levels are basically a fact, subject to gaming like all statistics. But the "right" or ideal level of inequity is a matter of opinion. Personally I thin

Current levels are basically a fact, subject to gaming like all statistics. But the "right" or ideal level of inequity is a matter of opinion. Personally I think there should be enough inequity to give people an incentive to work harder and take some risks -- but in my experience that doesn't take much at all. If you let the top people have 2X the bottom people, there would still be LOTS of people fighting to be at the top. The other argument for inequity is "fairness", perhaps the people at the top have earned the right to have 10X, 1000X, 1000000X what everyone else has. That's up to you to decide what you think is fair.