i think it's quite a lot of disrespect, and heather and jones work shows this, from those who might see the middle class, those at the top and vice versa. and so i think with he need to he heal some of those respect gaps if we're to have any really and reducing economic gaps. >> great. as you can see, this is going to be a really fascinating panel as we go forward. those were excellent and really interesting answers. and couldn't have been more diverse. so my next question is, why is the middle class important? so why do we have all these projects in the middle class? you've written a book having to do with the middle class. why are we concerned in what the middle class -- why don't you tell us, janet? >> thank you. i actually edited the book. >> okay. >> it was a lot of work, but i didn't write the whole book. i want to focus on one story that i think is especially vivid in the united states, and to some extent in the cities. and that's the following story, that as income inequality rises in this country, which it has done, it's at a high level and rising, it's the top pulling away, an