Inequality Quotes by George Packer

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Inequality hardens society into a class system. Inequality divides us from one another... Inequality undermines democracy.

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Inequality saps the will to conceive of ambitious solutions to large collective problems, because those problems no longer seem very collective.

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Inequality saps the economy by draining the buying power of Americans whose incomes have stagnated, forcing them to rely on debt to…

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Like an odorless gas, [inequality] pervades every corner of the United States and saps the strength of the country's democracy. But it…

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The biggest issue for me is whether large numbers of Americans can begin to think that government can actually help make the…

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The Princeton economist Alan Krueger has demonstrated that societies with higher levels of income inequality are societies with lower levels of social…

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Inequality provokes a generalized anger that finds targets where it can--immigrants, foreign countries, American elites, government in all forms--and it rewards demagogues…

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