Even rich think they might be too rich

The rich are not like you and me, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in The Great Gatsby.

For one thing, they're getting ahead at a quicker pace, according to a new study. Two-thirds surveyed on middle-class attitudes believe that "the rich are getting richer." The authors of Inside the Middle Class: Bad Times Hit the Good Life say their hunch is right.

Full-text article by Andrew Herrmann is available via The Chicago Sun-Times, 4.13.08.