You&#x27;re right, I&#x27;m also slightly mis-stating the problem.<p>Poverty is bad. 
Institutionalized Income inequality is also bad, but neither of the authors are much addressing that problem.<p>That said, I&#x27;m pretty sure the Ezra Kleins of the world would much prefer to have those multiple Bill Gates.  And in a world that had so many innovators, I doubt you&#x27;d have the wealth concentrations we tend to see, but that&#x27;s certainly an arguable point.<p>Nonetheless, I feel PG&#x27;s essay was defensive about points that aren&#x27;t being generally attacked, and his response addresses the individual points without ever correcting his initial mistake.