Yes, the current economy can be said to be far from the previous economy, if we examine it from how to get it, the more sophisticated modern technology is, the easier it is for people to get money, does not look at poor and rich.
For example: YouTube content that makes a lot of money from those from poor families turning rich.

But poor then and now are different, poor people used to be able to produce the economy by hard work/labor for rich people, now it is no longer the case that rich people have become poor, because those who are poor no longer want to do manual labor, so much of what we see today is that if rich people don't use technology in their businesses they can go bankrupt without workers.

So as you said, the difference is much different now than before, in terms of economic output.