As long as inequality and other social problems plague us, populists will try to exploit them. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“In the US, the more liberal a city’s politics, the higher the rate of inequality.45” — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
Decreasing economic growth and increasing inequality leads to increased uncertainty. — Nicholas Bloom Copy Share Image
The importance of tackling inequality in Africa cannot be overstated. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
There are too many people trying to take opportunity from people in the middle class. — Bruce Braley 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
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
“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
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
America's education system has become less a ladder of opportunity than a structure to transmit inequity from one generation to the next. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The term 'income inequality' is a bit misleading because it suggests in a somewhat pejorative way that the rich are getting richer… — Edward Lazear Copy Share Image
Amazons Jeff Bezos, Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs did not start out wealthy, and actually added to income inequality,… — Foster Friess Copy Share Image
I feel that rich women are soft targets… There's a lot of legitimate resentment and anger about inequality in our culture, about… — Wednesday Martin Copy Share Image
The more women help one another, the more we help ourselves. Acting like a coalition truly does produce results. Any coalition of… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
The growing gap between rich and poor, the seeming lack of concern for the health and well-being of ordinary people, the obscene… — Joan Wallach Scott Copy Share Image
Apartheid is a crime against humanity. Israel has deprived millions of Palestinians of their liberty and property. It has perpetuated a system… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I believe that education is the civil rights issue of our generation. And if you care about promoting opportunity and reducing inequality,… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in… — Ulrich Beck Copy Share Image
Occupy did something fabulous. What Occupy made clear was that there is an inequality at the heart of American democracy that undermines… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Perhaps if you don't know there's a gap, you don't worry about it. If you were a millipede, a tshongololo , crawling… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
In a really equal democracy, every or any section would be represented, not disproportionately, but proportionately. ... Unless they are, there is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
To reverse the trend and reduce the role of government in our lives, and thus alleviate the government deficit and inflation pressures,… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
Today social justice represents one of the most serious challenges to the conscience of the world. The abyss between those who are… — Leonardo Boff Copy Share Image
“Inequality in education starts early, and it starts at home. A study by the University of Kansas found that by the time… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“Some economic inequality critics go further and contend that there comes a point at which inequality undermines progress—and, by and large, they… — Don Watkins Copy Share Image
“My contention is that a basic income would increase both the amount and the productivity of ‘work’, and could also increase the… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
People at the top spend less money than those at the bottom so when you have redistribution toward the top, aggregate demand… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Above all, we should question the consumer ethic, which uses up non-renewable resources, creates inequality and injustice, generates pollution, destroys other species… — Peter Marshall Copy Share Image
Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future. — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
“I think it's wrong that only one percent of the people should own ninety percent of the country.” — Sally Wentworth Copy Share Image
Biggest pent-up negative wealth effect you can see in the economic data going back to 1952. — Jan Hatzius Copy Share Image
The lower half of households by wealth held just 3% of wealth in 1989 and only 1% in 2013. — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
A lot of my book, 'The Price of Inequality,' is about why there has been an increase in rent-seeking. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Rising inequality is a cultural and economic cancer on a lot of different levels. — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
Inequality is a terrible waste of time, a waste of people's resources. — Jeremy Corbyn Copy Share Image
