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I guess you could ask an alternative question ...

Suppose you live in a world with only 2 participants, a rich person and a poor person, which of the following situations is more ideal (assuming constant buying power for the dollar in both worlds):

a) Poor person earns $10,000/year and the rich person earns $50,000 per year
b) Poor person earns $20,000/year and the rich person earns $150,000 per year