>Is the current power-law distribution crystalizing into a caste system?
Of course it doesn't. Because the majority of income earned in top 15% and even top 1% is not derived from capital (at least not financial/material capital, to be precise). It is salaries and bonuses. Ability to get these is derived mostly from education (and also social skills which are evenly distributed among income brackets), and education is going free or cheap online. So no reason to worry.
Of course it doesn't. Because the majority of income earned in top 15% and even top 1% is not derived from capital (at least not financial/material capital, to be precise). It is salaries and bonuses. Ability to get these is derived mostly from education (and also social skills which are evenly distributed among income brackets), and education is going free or cheap online. So no reason to worry.