Nobody says that ALL wealth is gotten zero sum. But the obscene wealth of the super rich is. All you have to do is overlay a chart of average productivity on top of one for average wages, to see the revealing split between the two starting in 1980. Since 1975, the richest 1% have sucked over $50 TRILLION away from the rest of the American economy into their own personal accounts. This is highway robbery. The 1% has all the golden eggs, and they aren't letting anybody else have any.