If you are a social justice warrior, this book might make you sound smart at a party as long as no one around you knows any better. Here are few ways that the book is misleading. 1) The authors approach the "Top 1%" like it's a secret club that no one else can join. If you are reading this, you will probably be in the top 1% at some point in your life. Sell a house? Inheritance from a family member? The "Top 1%" also LOSES A LOT OF MONEY and are replaced by others every year. It's a dynamic top 1% that are replaced by others moving up the economic ladder. Example: Those in the bottom 50%(students) will climb their way to the top(Career professional). 2) The Authors pointed out 2 factors of production: Labor & Capital. This was Karl Marx's mistake. Why just those 2? What about Human Capital? Entrepreneurship? Land? The authors don't talk about RISK! People are not going to take risk, work 12hr days for 10 years to Pay more taxes. Something left-wing economist and politicians seem to not be able to figure out. Also, you will never be hired by a poor person. 3) The authors like to reach back in history and talk about the "tax injustices" from the past. But this shows that over time, our system improves! Yes, in the past companies use to set up PIC's(Passive investor company) and deduct royalties as expenses using the very intangibles they them selves have created. But In the US, states can require companies to file Unitary Tax Returns that look at the "flow of value" rather than just a separate return for the state. It's the States choice. The authors carry this out to nations and want to force sovereign nations to not allow this practice. I think eventually, this will be addressed in the future because our system is improving. 4) The authors don't even mention the enormous aid the "bottom 50%" (which is temporary) and tax credits they get. EITC, CTC, ACTC, welfare, Medicaid, what about all this assistance the poor get right now? The authors also don't even mention illegal immigration and its negative effect on suppressing wages of the working class. A huge problem for the people the authors are pretending to care about. 5) The authors use social justice words like "inequality" and "injustice" regularly and actually compare France to the US in terms of income growth. Now that part of the book was funny! No thanks, I'll keep living in the USA where homeless people have cell phones!! LoL! 6) Lastly (I could go on), the authors give their "why" toward the end of the book. And can you guess....wait for it....wait for it.....to limit sovereignty of the individuals and states and expand the influence and control of government. No politician is going to tell me how much I need to budget for my monthly healthcare line item. No politician( or economist) is going to steal my income to fund their social programs (which buy them votes using my money) after I have taken 10 years of 12 hr days and risk my life savings (twice) to achieve the level of wealth that I determine is enough for me. The more money the government has, the more power it attracts. The problem is not in generating revenue for the government, it is government spending that's the problem. The Clintons, Kennedy's, and the Bushes didn't achieve their power through their wealth, it was through their political suaveness and leveraging the fact that there is no term limits placed on politicians. Spend your time reading books that tell you how "YOU" can be smart and pay less in taxes and climb the economic ladder so you and your family can benefit. Mind your own business and stop trying to buy votes with my money.