I don't think this is a gap between who makes what. It is a actually a growing gap between those that sit on their ass and those that actually get up every morning and go to work.
I mean, look around you! Everyone wants to get paid a million bucks a year these days but they don't want to train / educate / or work for it. No wonder there is a gap! Everyone thinks its their right to own a house, drive a nice car, and get paid megabucks simply because they think they are all that.
Maybe this article should be titled - The wake up of Western people to the idea that they are not all that!
Another thing that bugs me - people expect to not have to start at the bottom anymore. So they would rather not take a job than learn the ropes. We are getting pathetic as a society and sooner or later, the party will come to an end with this spoiled brats we all have lately. They all wait for the gov to bail them out. Sorry, but you better not wish on an entity that lacks the power to do so and has no capability.
Another useless article.
-S
PS. I see you got in your customary US bashing in there too Skybird. Nice.