Amongst first-world, developed nations, the us has the highest inequality. Developing nations, with a rich established elite, little to no middle class, and a massive lower class will obviously score worse than the us. They are not, however, the countries by which we should judge ourselves. Look to the productive nations of the world for an apt comparison, and you will see that the us is an outlier with an ever-richer upper class and a shrinking middle class. This brings the us in line with developing countries, which is hardly where it should aim to be if the goal is long-term sustainable growth, the benefits of which are not limited to a select few.