Thursday, November 13, 2014
The Onion magazine suggests we should consider the gap between rich and poor the Eighth Wonder of the World -- "a tremendous, millennia-old expanse that fills us with both wonder and humility … the most colossal and enduring of mankind's creations."
Another aspect of the rich-poor gap that has always filled me with wonder is how the rich manage to keep it off the political agenda.
The dramatic increase in the incomes of the wealthy is surely one of the most significant changes in our society in recent years. Yet it is never treated as a pressing issue that must be addressed.