We are hearing a lot about how well the economy is doing these days. Unemployment figures are looking good. And that’s supposed to be one of the indicators of a healthy economy. But at the same time there is an undeniably widening discrepancy in the ratio of people making billions and people barely scraping by.

I recently saw an internet posting of a very fine piece of woodwork. There were many compliments, including “that could be in the Louvre!”