Inequality saps the will to conceive of ambitious solutions to large collective problems, because those problems no longer seem very collective. — George Packer Copy Share Image
We live in a country where a small number of people have incredible wealth and power. America has more income and wealth… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Inequality is not so much a cause of economic, political, and social processes as a consequence. Some of these processes are good,… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
Too often, customary practices and discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity, race, religion, social status, or class are the root sources… — Said Musa Copy Share Image
“It’s ridiculous – a girl steps out, goes dancing, gets her hair cut, decides to spend the summer in Italy and it’s… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Stark inequality, poverty, and unemployment are driving increased social unrest and, consequently, social and economic risk. Environmental deterioration may well intensify social… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
When humans invented inequality and socioeconomic status, they came up with a dominance hierarchy that subordinates like nothing the primate world has… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“I glance down to what I'm wearing. A crop top, a skirt - it's hot, and it made sense to me. I… — Kyle Labe Copy Share Image
People have to struggle to live and, frequently, to live in an undignified way. One cause of this situation, in my opinion,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Overwhelming and astounding inequality,especially when it has an element of the unattainable, arouses far less envy than minimal inequality, which inevitably causes… — Helmut Schoeck Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the general endeavor of a community to render its members equal and alike, the personal pride of individuals will… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
It's very hard to persuade a young person who has seen the Great Recession, who has seen all the problems with inequality,… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Today we hear that the gains from economic growth accrue to the highest-income earners while the standard of living of the poor… — Kevin Hassett 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
“Nowhere in the world do you find this evenness that people use as a norm. And I find it fascinating that they… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
But one also finds in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to want to bring the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied;… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Recently, the International Monetary Fund published a report which revealed that too much inequality even inhibits economic growth.22 Perhaps the most fascinating… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
“This fundamental inequality, which I will write as r > g (where r stands for the average annual rate of return on… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Unequal Democracy is the sort of book to which every political scientist should aspire--it is methodologically rigorous, conceptually serious, and above all,… — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
“On average, the real incomes of middle-class families have grown twice as fast under Democrats as they have under Republicans, while the… — Larry M. Bartels Copy Share Image
“The essence of economic inequality is borne out in a simple fact: there are 400 billionaires in the United States and 45… — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Copy Share Image
Most people believe that inequality is rising - and indeed it has been rising for a while in a number of rich… — Branko Milanovic Copy Share Image
What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
Bombay is the ideal microcosm of India, of that whole sense of inequality where you could have the biggest skyscrapers next to… — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
“any form of expression that ceases to be an experience and becomes an art form loses its glowing divinity” — Jo M. Sekimonyo Copy Share Image
The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose. — Natasha Leggero Copy Share Image
“So, as middle-class families have been tumbling downhill, working-class families have been tumbling into poverty. And” — Amy Goldstein Copy Share Image
I am afraid that if you don't find peaceful domestic solutions to our inequality and social problems, then it's always tempting to… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination. — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
The argument advanced by the supporters of the theory of hereditary transmission does not furnish a satisfactory explanation of the cause of… — Swami Abhedananda Copy Share Image
You have to be invited to the party. You have to be invited to work, which is weird. That can be frustrating.… — Daryl Hannah Copy Share Image
Economic inequality is less troubling if you live in a country where any child, no matter how humble his or her origins,… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
I don't just have the patriarchy to compete with. I have systemic racism and white supremacy and inequality to compete with. — Wunmi Mosaku Copy Share Image
I think inequality has gone past the point where it's helping us all get rich, and it's really becoming a serious threat. — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
Inequality is a poison that is destroying livelihoods, stripping families of dignity, and splitting communities. — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
When you don't have equality of opportunity because you don't have equal access to education, it just seems so outrageous. It weakens… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
“The middle classes have a truly extraordinary conception of society. They really believe that human beings . . . have real existence… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
After adjusting for inflation, the average income of the top 5% of households grew by 38% from 1989 to 2013. By comparison,… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
