Inequality is bad for everyone, not just the middle class…

Which class is happiest, the rich, the middle class or the poor? A very successful executive of a large organization touches upon this vital…

— B. C. Forbes

A smaller government reflecting the needs of the middle class and poor is superior to a big government reflecting the needs of the privileged…

— Robert Reich

The job creators are members of America's vast middle class and the poor, whose purchases cause businesses to expand and invest.

— Robert Reich

The Clinton administration cared a lot about the middle class and the poor. But it also cared a lot - too much, in retrospect…

— Timothy Noah

When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.

— Aristotle

“These people look upon inequality as upon an evil. They do not assert that a definite degree of inequality which can be exactly determined…

— Ludwig Von Mises

“Consequently, even many critics of economic inequality are hesitant to endorse the claim that inequality undermines growth. Paul Krugman, for instance, says that he…

— Don Watkins

I'm very keen that we have this debate about the good parts of inequality and the bad parts of inequality. It's not a one-sided…

— Angus Deaton

It is true that globalization has fueled greater income inequality. But much of this increase should be welcomed, not condemned. There is nothing inherently…

— Angus Deaton

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

— Mary Douglas

The middle class in America is at a tipping point. It will not last another generation if we don't boldly change course now.

— Bernie Sanders

The depth of the middle class is waning as the polarization of society is in progress.

— Katsuya Okada

Most middle-class people I know don't really live like me. Middle-class people worry a lot about money. They worry a lot about job security,…

— Irvine Welsh

The American middle class always wants to be upper class and is scared to death of being lower class. It's a highly mobile group…

— Sloan Wilson

'Middle class' used to be synonymous with secure, with steady, with boring, because middle-class people were people who were pretty much safe from the…

— Elizabeth Warren