Many of your points emerged also in this discussion – especially this one about a global middle (or perhaps upper) class emerging, but without any global governance.

Other interesting comments related to the idea that this 1% – at least in the USA – seems to be losing touch with historical social norms and sentiments – charity, sense of social compact, empathy. In her book on the Plutocrats (recommended) Freeland finds that many of them feel personally offended when the subject of inequality and redistribution emerge, convinced as they are that their riches are the correct reward for hard work and cleverness – and by implication that others don’t work as hard and aren’t as clever.