Is there no middle path?

Imagine a kindergarten with 100 students, lavishly supplied with books, crayons and toys. Yet you gasp: one avaricious little boy is jealously guarding a mountain of toys for himself. A handful of other children are quietly playing with a few toys each, while 90 of the children are looking on forlornly — empty-handed. The one greedy boy has hoarded more toys than all those 90 children put together! “What’s going on?” you ask. “Let’s learn to share! One child shouldn't hog everything for himself!” The greedy little boy looks at you, indignant. “Do you believe in redistribution?” he asks suspiciously, his lips curling in contempt. “I don’t want to share. This is America!” (Courtesy : NY Times Article)

Is n't it true for any society in the world, including communist China and Socialist India with Robin Hood like political thieves or for that matter nanny states that are in doldrums across Europe? 

Not sure where we are heading with "Greed is good, greed works" philosophy.