Income equality has soared to stratospheric levels just since 2009:    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/07/opinion/leonhardt-income-inequality.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region

We knew this was happening, but these new graphs show how extreme income inequality has become, and the accompanying income stagnation for all but the top 1% of earners.