I find the statement that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, a deceptive and polarizing cliche.
Net worth is determined by total assets minus total liabilities.
This has very little to do with income. The interesting observation about this is that a person who drives a bicycle and owns it outright, has a higher net equity than a person who drives a Mercedes, lives in a luxary home and is highly in debt. Based upon the analysis of net assets, the person who owns the Mercedes could be poor under this labelling process. Perhaps the interpretation of this discrepancy between people who are rich and are poor should be viewed under the framework that the behavioral choices that these so-called rich engage in are causing them to be more richer. The people who are poor are making choices that is making them more poorer than before.