90% of economic gains are captured by the top 5%. If you're not in the top 5% - I'm not sure this an insane world view. If you just want to have an average jo

90% of economic gains are captured by the top 5%. If you're not in the top 5% - I'm not sure this an insane world view. If you just want to have an average job and not a career in the right field or run a business - life seems less like a positive sum game and more like a zero sum game. It's easy for us at the top to talk about "making a bigger pie" when we get 90% of the bigger pie.