Nighttime Must-Read: Megan McArdle: Yes, You’re Rich, and It’s Time You Admit It

…did he say last week that ‘My own compensation was never in the stratosphere’? Jack Lew is not the only person who says this sort of thing. The media is routinely filled with people making six- and seven-figure incomes who modestly report that they are very middle class, struggling, really, to make it from paycheck to paycheck. And if you live in a big coastal city like New York, Washington, Boston or San Francisco, you… can go to any private-school parents night or Ivy League alumni reunion to hear a veritable chorus of people remarking that they really don’t know how they keep body and soul together on just $350,000 per annum. Be warned, however, that it is not polite to point and laugh the way that you would on Twitter…