“The rich aren't paying for luxury - they're paying for basic humanity.” — Lindy West, Shrill Copy Share Image
When you cut investments in worker training, you're cutting investments in the middle class. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict. — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
Obama's economic policies widened the gap between the rich and the poor. — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever. — Gerry Adams Copy Share Image
Inequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature ... — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
I believe a solid, really strong middle-class is the key to making the country in the best way. — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
How can one not speak about war, poverty, and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
No good case exists for the inequality of real and intellectual property, because no good case can exist for treating with special… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“Inequality can be alleviated and productivity growth promoted by combating overly zealous and regressive regulations” — Robert J. Gordon Copy Share Image
“the hard-working, honest rich are the primary providers of jobs that allow us to have a middle class in this country.” — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
The past few decades of widening inequality can be summed up as significant income and wealth gains for those at the very… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Global growth and development that is strong, sustainable, and inclusive requires the challenges of inequality to be met head-on. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
At the federal level, I believe we should address inequality by reforming our criminal justice system and providing restorative justice to communities… — Raphael Warnock Copy Share Image
[W]hen I see men callously and cheerfully denying women the full use of their bodies, while insisting with sobs and howls on… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
On inequality, I contend that far too much of the nation's wealth and income is gravitating to too few. This undermines the… — James Stone 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
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
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
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
Global poverty is a complex web of interlinked problems. There is no one 'silver bullet' that will solve global inequality. Multiple contributing… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives… — Barney Frank 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
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
“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
“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
The average net worth of the lower half of the distribution, representing 62 million households, was $11,000 in 2013. About one-fourth of… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
“Economists at Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services are the authors of the straightforwardly titled “How Increasing Inequality is Dampening U.S. Economic Growth,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The real debate about both the horrific inequality in the world and about the terrorism and frightening instability in the world requires… — Jeremy Griffith Copy Share Image
There is no "true Islam," just different interpretations. Since I brought up patriarchy, let me make one thing clear. I am not… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor. — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
The depth of the middle class is waning as the polarization of society is in progress. — Katsuya Okada Copy Share Image
Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“This is why i hate social media. It gives a voice to people who dont (sic) deserve one.” — Gary Streeter Copy Share Image
In both rich and poor nations consumption is polarized while expectation is equalized. — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image