Comment by Manuel_D
> Rich people's wealth growing at a far higher rate. Which means the middle class wealth is getting siphoned to the rich.
No, that logic doesn't follow. Say my wealth grew by 3% and my neighbor's grew by 5%. That doesn't imply any sort of "siphoning" at play.
Which is exactly the same as "my wealth was constant and my neighbor's grew"
Which is exactly the same as "my neighbor's the same and my wealth decreased"
Which is exactly the same as "getting siphoned to the rich"
Money have no intrinsic value: its only value is relative the others (and also depends on what can be bought ..)