I think it will lie in the elite explicitly recognizing that they are creating a pressure-cooker, and they need an escape valve.

History shows that it is possible for an elite in a time of great stratification to carry out public works when they see the personal benefit. For instance during the Gilded Age in the US a recognition on the part of the elite that effective public health was the only way they had to control the plagues which struck their own families lead to a golden age (at least in large East Coast cities) for public health in the USA.

But I my fear is that such measures could come too little, too late to head off real problems. :-(

Cheers,
Ben