It does work. The amount of GDP that the US economy gained from 2009-2011 is some positive value. If you look at the share of GDP gains that was captured by the

It does work. The amount of GDP that the US economy gained from 2009-2011 is some positive value. If you look at the share of GDP gains that was captured by the top 1% earning households over that same time period, it's 121% of that value. I can see why you say the semantics are messy, but it is a sound analysis.