[mjp]

In general, the most unequal cities boast among the nation’s most boast-worthy economies, while the less unequal cities sport more middling ones.

In a free society with a modern division of labor economic system,economic inequality is beneficial because it has a positive effect on the incentive to produce and the means to production, which leads to economic progress and higher standard of living for all in the long run.

[rlmorel]

EXACTLY!