The concern that I have is that, as wealth continues to…

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic ability desires equality; those who are conscious of superior…

— Will Durant

As inequality grows, the basic bonds of social fraternity are fraying - as we discussed in regard to Occupy Wall Street. As tensions increase,…

— Edward Snowden

There is a legitimate concern about wealth distribution in the United States, but the answer is not to scapegoat any individual who makes over…

— Conrad Black

“Americans were happy to celebrate their super-rich and, at least sometimes, worry about their poor. But putting those two conversations together and talking about…

— Chrystia Freeland

The devastation of neoliberalism is so multi-fold, whether it's violence against women or desperate economic inequality or the destruction of the planet.

— Eve Ensler

If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of…

— John Sherman

“On average, the real incomes of middle-class families have grown twice as fast under Democrats as they have under Republicans, while the real incomes…

— Larry M. Bartels

God, how patient are Thy poor! These corporations and masters of manipulation in finance heaping up great fortunes by a system of legalized extortion,…

— Anonymous

The tech-driven economy leads to a two-tier job market where workers are either critical or 'commodity.' This divisive 'winner-take-all' mentality hurts most Americans and…

— Tom Steyer

Solving the population problem is not going to solve the problems of racism, of sexism, of religious intolerance, of war, of gross economic inequality.…

— Paul R. Ehrlich

Every dollar that the boss did not work for, one of us worked for a dollar and didn't get it.

— William C. Dudley

Grave security concerns can arise as a result of demographic trends, chronic poverty, economic inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic diseases, organized crime, repressive governance and…

— Ban Ki-moon

A society that gives to one class all the opportunities for leisure, and to another all the burdens of work, dooms both classes to…

— Lewis Mumford

“The economic consequences of these policies have been the same just about everywhere, and exactly what one would expect: a massive increase in social…

— Noam Chomsky

The essential point here is that all people with small, insecure incomes are in the same boat and ought to be fighting on the…

— George Orwell