“If trickle-down economics worked, we would not have four food banks in Kensington and Chelsea.” — Emma Dent Coad Copy Share Image
I think the stress on income inequality is something that every American should take seriously. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
We don't have a divine right to success. So I agree with a lot of politicians out there when they say, 'We've… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
Half of Americans look at the other half and say, they're too lazy or they're not willing to get up and go… — Todd G. Buchholz Copy Share Image
How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Income inequality,” say two leading scientists who have studied twenty-four developed countries, “makes us all less happy with our lives, even if… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
The U.S. has some of the most significant income inequality in the developed world, yet people seem routinely to underestimate that fact. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Let us wage a moral and political war against the gross wealth and income inequality... ...let us understand that when we stand… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
We started out covering income inequality in the magazine [Mother Jones], but that ongoing body of work positioned - and sourced -… — Clara Jeffery Copy Share Image
Fragility, violence, and conflict are complex. Fragility is influenced by a wide set of factors, many of which are deeply entrenched, such… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
Eye-popping tales of growing income inequality are hardly new. By now, nearly every American must be painfully aware of the widening pay… — Steven Rattner Copy Share Image
A lot of our sources for income-inequality measures come from household surveys in which people report how much they earned in the… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
Income inequality has no necessary connection with poverty, the lack of material resources for a decent life, such as adequate food, shelter,… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
I think Republicans need to take income inequality more seriously. Not because I favor equality of outcomes. I do not. I think… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
Nothing would more quickly and definitively reduce U.S. income inequality than allowing every worker in all businesses to participate in deciding the… — Richard D. Wolff Copy Share Image
If we wait until income inequality is much more severe, we will have a whole class of new superrich who will probably… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'The Assistants,' I knew very much that I wanted to write about income inequality and student loan debt and… — Camille Perri Copy Share Image
“Two scholars who served on the staff of President Reagan’s 1982 National Commission on Social Security Reform explain that Social Security does… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“Tens of millions of dollars have been spent to redefine reality and to convince our neighbors that this new age is something… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share Image
“Economists at Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services are the authors of the straightforwardly titled “How Increasing Inequality is Dampening U.S. Economic Growth,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We liberals and progressives need to do a better job at verbalizing what we are for, and not just what we are… — Michael Bihovsky Copy Share Image
“learned two things from the students. One was that they disliked identity politics. They thought that Hillary spent too much time trying… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
We're living through an era of higher income inequality than the country has experienced since before the Great Depression. Meanwhile, most people… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
The truth is that political consciousness in this country is pretty low... To the degree that we can help educate and organize… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Employers able to work together with workers and sharing gains and profits will lead to a much better world, getting away from… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
I think that on the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders talks about income inequality and poverty alleviation, and those issues are so important. — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Princeton economist Alan Krueger has demonstrated that societies with higher levels of income inequality are societies with lower levels of social… — George Packer Copy Share Image
For every challenge we face - unemployment, poverty, crime, income growth, income inequality, productivity, competitiveness - a great education is a major… — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
With many serious challenges facing our country - pressing issues like climate change, income inequality, and education - Trump has expressed neither… — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
I am going to attack income inequality and I think I have a pretty good plan to do so. I don't just… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Some liberals think that describing any role that education gaps play in creating income inequality is some sort of sellout - that,… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Democrats deserve credit for engaging with big issues such as climate change and income inequality and coming up with bold, imaginative solutions. — Max Boot Copy Share Image
When the topic is growing income inequality, it's hard to prettify an imbalance between the rich and everybody else, so instead, conservatives… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Everything in America is so stratified by class now. We have the 93rd level of income inequality in the world. You're already… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton, income inequality, it's richest damn woman next to the Kennedy family, and you're trying to tell me she cares about… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
There is, happily, a non-redistributive approach to address income inequality - one that doesn't rely upon government. It's to grow the pie.… — Andrew Yang Copy Share Image
In the same way that Occupy Wall Street forever elevated that concept of income inequality, the Black Lives Matter protesters have elevated… — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
Numerous studies have shown income inequality growing since the late 1970s. Real earnings have fallen for many families, with globalization, the decline… — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
I don't know another way to try to deal with income inequality than actually having entrepreneurs and inventors creating the kind of… — Francis X. Suarez Copy Share Image