To add to this, if one is concerned that much of the wealth at the top was acquired illegally or immorally, then one should surely be interested to know that the most corrupt countries have the largest capital cities, and that Washington D.C. has steadily been growing in its size relative to the rest of the economy.
Great point. During the Great Recession, the DC metro area was one of the only parts of the country that became substantially richer.
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