If you doubt that we live in a winner-take-all economy and…

With many serious challenges facing our country - pressing issues like climate change, income inequality, and education - Trump has expressed neither the inclination…

— Tom Steyer

We fought hard for socialism in a devastating war of independence and reunification. To build an affluent and prosperous society, we chose the path…

— Nguyen Minh Triet

In a globalized economy, jobs no longer need a passport, but workers do.

— Chrystia Freeland

Obama's assault on the affluent rests upon a sky-high stack of lies. Obama is too well staffed and too well informed not to know…

— Deroy Murdock

...no matter how complex or affluent, human societies are nothing but subsystems of the biosphere, the Earth's thin veneer of life, which is ultimately…

— Vaclav Smil

Rich people in poor places want to show off their wealth. And their less affluent counterparts feel pressure to fake it, at least in…

— Virginia Postrel

I come from a very affluent family. I have been educated in one of the finest institutions of the world. Money was never a…

— Adnan Sami

“It rankled her that people richer than she were so often less worthy and attractive. More slobbish and louty. Comfort could be found in…

— Jonathan Franzen

The American people are extraordinarily comfortable, affluent, and secure. It's easy for us to make the argument that God's purpose is being fulfilled through…

— Walter Russell Mead

When I first began visiting West Germany in the early 1980s, I was startled by the contrast between Birmingham, where I went to school,…

— Luke Harding

We get richer and richer in filthier and filthier communities until we reach a final state of affluent misery - crocus on a garbage…

— John W. Gardner

Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin.

— Bill James

Tax reduction has an almost irresistible appeal to the politician, and it is no doubt also gratifying to the citizen. It means more dollars…

— John W. Gardner

Developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma. It is clear that current lifestyles and…

— Maurice Strong

From the clayey soil of northern Wyoming is mined bentonite, which is used as filler in candy, gum, and lipstick. We Americans are great…

— Gretel Ehrlich