There's been a lot said and a lot written about income inequality.

That how unfair it is that a few people are very rich and the rest of us aren't.

That the income gap between the wealthy and even the middle class,

let alone the poor, is so large.

There's only one problem with this complaint.

It's wrong.

Incomming equality is actually a good thing

when it's the product of a free market economy.

And your own life proves it.

An economy is made up of millions of individuals making decisions about their own lives,

wearing how much they want to work, what they want to buy and so on.

You are one of those individuals.

In a country like the United States, you are free to pursue a path in life

that you believe best suits your talents.

That talent might be teaching or making music or banking or starting a small business

or raising a family.

Whatever it is, this freedom helps to make life enjoyable, exciting and meaningful.

But it's also an expression of inequality.

This is simply because we're all different.

We have different talents, different temperaments, different ambitions.

That's okay because, again, in a free society,

we can seek out opportunities that play to our personal strengths,

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