Jack, at least on this side of the pond that divides us from Europe, the gulf of separation between the haves and have nots (or, more properly, between the "have lots" and the "haves"--CEO's and workers) has widened significantly of late. In Europe, at least if you go back to the time of nobles, peasants and serfs, the gulf of separation has grown narrower--partly, at least, because of the tax structure in most European countries. And the fact that it's fairly hard to find peasants and serfs these days. So while the classes are still separated, they're separated in a far different fashion today than in the past. And there are also far more people in the middle, compared to those on either the high or low end.