At my public school I had hated every other face for fear the owner was a lord, at university, I was to… — Henry Green Copy Share Image
The literature associating inequality with social instability and poor health outcomes is pretty convincing. — Jordan Peterson Copy Share Image
Contrary to the received wisdom, global markets are not unregulated. They are regulated to produce inequality. — Kevin Watkins Copy Share Image
“The vast majority of Americans, at all coordinates of the economic spectrum, consider themselves middle class; this is a deeply ingrained, distinctly… — Ellen Cushing Copy Share Image
When fewer workers have unions, the standard of living falls for everyone and the gap between the rich and poor grows. — John Sweeney Copy Share Image
“the decline of the aristocracy and the rise of the middle classes, that occurred in France during the Third Republic and the… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Income inequality has become so prevalent in the U.S. that examples of its negative impact on the middle class are as common… — Ana Kasparian Copy Share Image
The weak economy, widening income inequality, gridlock in Congress and a presidential election: Those were perhaps the dominant economic and political themes… — Steven Rattner Copy Share Image
To live in a culture in which women are routinely naked where men aren't is to learn inequality in little ways all… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
The rich believe that they're different and that it is their right to pay a much lower tax rate. The response that… — Robin Wells Copy Share Image
I think markets are mechanisms that determine prices that are necessary for mass heterogenous populations, and markets do generate levels of technological… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
As inequality grows, the basic bonds of social fraternity are fraying - as we discussed in regard to Occupy Wall Street. As… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“Much like the kākāpō who waddles up a hill, digs a hole and bellows into it to attract a mate, billionaires may… — Natalie Kyriacou Copy Share Image
We're now seeing levels of inequality raise their heads that we haven't seen since the age of the robber barons. If somebody… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Sex as desired by the class that dominates women is held by that class to be elemental, urgent, necessary, even if or… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
It is from this absolute indifference and tranquillity of the mind, that mathematical speculations derive some of the most considerable advantages; because… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
It is no exaggeration to say that rising inequality has driven many of the 99 percent into a financial ditch. It also… — Robert H. Frank 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
There's a presupposition that income inequality has been brought by tech. It's not created by an industry, or a company. — Francis X. Suarez Copy Share Image
“Krugman himself acknowledges, “[T]he growth of the U.S. economy during the Long Gilded Age benefited all classes: Most Americans were much better… — Don Watkins Copy Share Image
Not only does the UK have the highest levels of regional inequality among the major economies, the imbalance is widening, not narrowing. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
“Is distinctive black culture the cause of economic disparity between whites and blacks or merely the reflection of it?” — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“The fact that Man is Nature’s perverse instantiation can only lead to the appalling conclusion that Man, too, is some kind of… — Stephan Attia Copy Share Image
Government mitigates the inequality of power, and makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The world is polarized. The middle class becomes smaller. The polarization makes the difference between rich and the poor big. This is… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“How could they do it, how could they?" "I don't know, but they did. They've done it before and they did it… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
To me, feminism means equality between men and women. I want to make people laugh and also point out some injustices or… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“If the stock market continues to advance, we know that inequality will increase, for capital gains on equities accrue disproportionately to the… — Robert J. Gordon Copy Share Image
Instead of a universal basic income, we could have a basic income guarantee. Or, as economists prefer to call it, a negative… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
When we are honest, we admit how agreeable it can feel to be singled out for favored treatment. The biggest barrier to… — Philip Gulley Copy Share Image
Marriage (in what is called the spiritual world) is impossible, because of the inequality between every subject and every object. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Increases in interest rates normally worsen inequality, at least partly by reducing employment and wage growth. — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
Income inequality is one thing, but a permanent division into the haves and have-nots is an entirely different thing - and much… — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
“I could go into their reality any time I chose to, but they could never come into mine. This is what I… — Agnostic Zetetic Copy Share Image
How can one not speak about war, poverty, and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The promotion of human rights remains the most effective strategy for eliminating inequalities between countries and social groups, and for increasing security. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Who would want the socialist Utopia? Especially if you were at all artistic - you want all those inequalities, because that's what… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
There is a correlation between economic inequality and personal violence. The explanation for the correlation isn't completely clear; there are a number… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
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