"I'd like to see that graph broken down between people who think that wealth is a zero sum thing that can be represented as a pie (as shown) vs those who know it isn't."
Given that the "ideal" distributions are more or less the same across all other demographic slices, I doubt it would be substantially different. Which is good, because that argument doesn't stand up to even casual scrutiny.
The macroeconomic pie grows so slowly that it's not particularly meaningful to individuals on scales of less than a lifetime. When you actually look at the numbers [1], it's clear that rich people are getting richer at a much higher rate than poorer people are getting richer. Moreover, the average real household net worth has dropped substantially over the last decade, while the net worth of the richest has grown. No matter how you look at them, the numbers just don't support the "pie growth" hypothesis on anything other than an extremely long time scale.
Given that the "ideal" distributions are more or less the same across all other demographic slices, I doubt it would be substantially different. Which is good, because that argument doesn't stand up to even casual scrutiny.
The macroeconomic pie grows so slowly that it's not particularly meaningful to individuals on scales of less than a lifetime. When you actually look at the numbers [1], it's clear that rich people are getting richer at a much higher rate than poorer people are getting richer. Moreover, the average real household net worth has dropped substantially over the last decade, while the net worth of the richest has grown. No matter how you look at them, the numbers just don't support the "pie growth" hypothesis on anything other than an extremely long time scale.
[1] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wealth_in_the...