A mechanical system is in equilibrium when no net force is acting on it. Imbalance of forces may cause instability and the system may or may not return to equilibrium.

Economic forces put stability of a social system to stress. Rising unemployment, fuel prices, falling rupee, farmer income cause a macroscopic rise in Gini coefficient a measure of inequality and puts peace and harmony in a society to a shock and shake up.

If you have surplus money put it to circulation by creating jobs at what ever level you can. This is a positive contribution to well being more than any act of giving away it to poor as such.

India’s elite should take responsibility to reduce rising inequality: Narayana Murthy

The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality by Angus Deaton