[closeparen]

Inequality is not “top X%” vs. “the rest.” Every part of the distribution is stretching. Every pair of points is further apart than it used to be.

[coldtea]

Well, middle class now is closer to working class precariousness, than before, so it's not exactly that "every pair of points is further apart than it used to be".

[closeparen]

The differences within middle and working class are also widening.