As we previously noted, only the highest income earners have seen any gains in compensation since the crisis began around 2007 to the current 'recovery' tops. It is perhaps not entirely surprising then that, the total income controlled by the Top 1% is drastically above that of the slave-included times of Ancient Rome and as high as the peak in the roaring 20s.

Current inequality is almost 50% worse than in Ancient Rome and as large as the end of the roaring 20s...

Source: @ConradHackett

Which is hardly surprising given that since 2007, incomes have only risen for highest wage-earners...

We leave it to the following 139 words by Elliott's Paul Singer to conclude - which in two short paragraphs explains everything one needs to know about America's record class inequality, including precisely who is the man responsible: