This is a really good point, your second paragraph.<p>What you&#x27;re getting at is that when wealth becomes concentrated enough, you effectively have a centrally-planned economy with all its accompanying inefficiencies.<p>There are some pretty smart economists who&#x27;ve shown that here in this U.S., <i>this is effectively already happening</i>.<p>Basically, when people say &quot;inequality?  Who cares?  It&#x27;s capitalism!&quot;, what they&#x27;re missing is, after enough inequality, it&#x27;s no longer capitalism.  You end up with a centrally-planned economy, which is where we are today.