The wealth in the USA is concentrated among a smaller per centage of the population than in the past.
Those with the greatest wealth have greater opportunity to increase their wealth than those with less wealth.
The compensation programs in public corporations trends up for the very top management at a much higher rate than other employees.
This is not the way it is suppose to be in a free and open economy.
What exactly is a free and open economy in your mind? You get rewarded more the more you do. That's EXACTLY how it is supposed to work. Top management gets paid more because they are ultimately of the greatest value in terms of return on investment.