it remains the case that at about the time the new infusion of talent hit the American economy, a great many good things started to happen within the private sector. So are we sorry that we have this new kind of upper class? The question has to be put in that way, because we don’t have the option of getting all the benefits of an energized, productive new upper class, one that makes all of our lives better in so many important ways, without the conditions that also tend toward a wealthy and detached new upper class.
