Over the past few decades, income inequality in the UK and other countries such as Australia and New Zealand have grown at alarming rates.
In some cases the top percentage of workers earn more in a week than those at the bottom earn in an entire year.
Historically this gap was often explained by high unemployment rates but today many in the lowest income brackets do have jobs- but they are just very poorly paid.
To some degree each of us makes choices about the types of jobs we'd like to do and in many cases people opt for a career irrespective of whether they will be a high earner. Other people strive for years to become educated and develop skills in order to increase their potential to earn money.
In many instances there isn't always a clear correlation between skill, contribution to society and renumeration.
While it may be easy to argue why the person who collects your rubbish should not be paid as much as a brain surgeon, there are also convincing arguments to say their pay rates should be slightly closer than they are.
Why does the footballer earn more than the surgeon?
Many countries have adopted a minimum wage but should there also be a maximum wage?
What do you think?
It is proposed that as well as a minimum wage there should also be a maximum wage