▁like ▁" B on us - based ▁compens ation ▁schemes ▁with ▁in ade qu ate ▁cla w back ▁for ▁losses " ▁and ▁the ▁shift ▁of ▁losses ▁to ▁share hold ers , ▁un sec ured ▁credit ors , ▁or ▁tax pay ers . ▁Paul ▁K rug man ▁arg ues ▁that ▁for ▁the ▁US ▁the ▁sur ge ▁in ▁inequality ▁to ▁date ▁is ▁mainly ▁due ▁to ▁su pers al aries ▁but ▁capital ▁has ▁non eth eless ▁been ▁significant ▁too . ▁And ▁when ▁the ▁current ▁generation ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 % ▁turn ▁over ▁their ▁wealth ▁to ▁their ▁he irs ▁these ▁become ▁rent iers , ▁people ▁who ▁live ▁off ▁accum ulated ▁capital . ▁Two ▁dec ades ▁from ▁now ▁America ▁could ▁turn ▁into ▁a ▁rent ier - domin ated ▁society ▁even ▁more ▁une qual ▁than ▁Belle ▁É poque ▁Europe . ▁ ▁One ▁study ▁extended ▁the ▁super star ▁hypothesis ▁to ▁corpor ations , ▁with ▁fir ms ▁that ▁are ▁more ▁dominant ▁in ▁their ▁industry ▁( in ▁some ▁cases ▁due ▁to ▁o lig opol y ▁or ▁mon opol y ) ▁pay ing ▁their ▁workers ▁far ▁more ▁than ▁the ▁average ▁in ▁the ▁industry . ▁Another ▁study ▁noted ▁that ▁" super star ▁fir ms " ▁is ▁another ▁explanation ▁for ▁the ▁decl ine ▁in ▁the ▁overall ▁share ▁of ▁income ▁( G DP ) ▁going ▁to ▁workers / l abor ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁own ers / cap ital . ▁ ▁Education ▁ ▁In come ▁differences ▁between ▁the ▁varying ▁levels ▁of ▁educational ▁att ain ment ▁( us ually ▁measured ▁by ▁the ▁highest ▁degree ▁of ▁education ▁an ▁individual