> I mean, Piketty's work shows that it is... He shows that - currently - R > G. I'm not convinced this "proves" inheritance is the main problem. It shows that

> I mean, Piketty's work shows that it is... He shows that - currently - R > G. I'm not convinced this "proves" inheritance is the main problem. It shows that you can't work your way to the top - only invest and get lucky (of which inheritance is one of many ways to get lucky). And by the way - it shows that this was true for all of human history except a brief window after WW2.