“We have become world leaders in income inequality, racial tension, rape and illicit financial outflows.” — Jacques Pauw Copy Share Image
When it comes to taking responsibility towards the society, the middle class will be the first people to shirk it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the impoverishment and community fragmentation continue, it is not a stretch to predict urban wars sparked by inequality, unemployment, and the… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
I see three forces militating in favor of growing inequality: increasing measurement of worker value added, automation through smart software, and globalization. — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
“We must challenge corruption - only then we can be in a position to break the vicious cycle of economic inequality and… — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
When we experience unfairness, it is privilege and responsibility as followers of Christ to respond with honesty and integrity, doing what is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We live in a country where a small number of people have incredible wealth and power. America has more income and wealth… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Inequality is not so much a cause of economic, political, and social processes as a consequence. Some of these processes are good,… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
The concept of UBI (universal basic income) is a good concept and when Arvind Subramanian had started it, I told him that… — Arun Jaitley Copy Share Image
The lack of health care coverage has remained very important to me during my time in Congress and as a member of… — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
I don't know another way to try to deal with income inequality than actually having entrepreneurs and inventors creating the kind of… — Francis X. Suarez Copy Share Image
“In a patriarchal society, one of the most important functions of the institution of the family is to make feel like a… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton is making income inequality a central theme in her campaign. Yeah, for example, today she pointed out that her husband… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
When I came to America, I saw the inequality right away with the food industry. And I don't really talk about it… — Dominique Crenn Copy Share Image
We increasingly live in societies based on the vocabulary of 'choice' and a denial of reality - a denial of massive inequality,… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
The major economic policy challenges facing the nation today - pick your favorites among the usual suspects of low public and household… — Timothy Geithner Copy Share Image
...The Court ...[recognizes]...the persistence of racial inequality and a majority's acknowledgement of Congress's authority to act affirmatively, not only to end discrimination,… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
We should condemn as unjust a global economic order that leads to ever-increasing economic disparities - provided this effect is foreseeable and… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
All those people who went out [to Occupy Wall Street] missed work, didn't get paid. Those were individuals who were already feeling… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It isn't easy for everyone in Germany to make ends meet through well-paid work in Germany. You have to have sufficient skills… — Sigmar Gabriel Copy Share Image
“My Lady, you certainly tell me about wonderful constancy, strength and virtue and firmness of women, so can one say the same… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“On average, the real incomes of middle-class families have grown twice as fast under Democrats as they have under Republicans, while the… — Larry M. Bartels Copy Share Image
“The essence of economic inequality is borne out in a simple fact: there are 400 billionaires in the United States and 45… — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Copy Share Image
“The capitalist and consumerist ethics are two sides of the same coin, a merger of two commandments. The supreme commandment of the… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Monetary policy is a blunt tool which certainly affects the distribution of income and wealth, although whether the net effect is to… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Inequality saps the will to conceive of ambitious solutions to large collective problems, because those problems no longer seem very collective. — George Packer Copy Share Image
What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
Too often, customary practices and discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity, race, religion, social status, or class are the root sources… — Said Musa Copy Share Image
“It’s ridiculous – a girl steps out, goes dancing, gets her hair cut, decides to spend the summer in Italy and it’s… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Stark inequality, poverty, and unemployment are driving increased social unrest and, consequently, social and economic risk. Environmental deterioration may well intensify social… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
When humans invented inequality and socioeconomic status, they came up with a dominance hierarchy that subordinates like nothing the primate world has… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“I glance down to what I'm wearing. A crop top, a skirt - it's hot, and it made sense to me. I… — Kyle Labe Copy Share Image
You have to be invited to the party. You have to be invited to work, which is weird. That can be frustrating.… — Daryl Hannah Copy Share Image
Economic inequality is less troubling if you live in a country where any child, no matter how humble his or her origins,… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Bombay is the ideal microcosm of India, of that whole sense of inequality where you could have the biggest skyscrapers next to… — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
“any form of expression that ceases to be an experience and becomes an art form loses its glowing divinity” — Jo M. Sekimonyo Copy Share Image
The argument advanced by the supporters of the theory of hereditary transmission does not furnish a satisfactory explanation of the cause of… — Swami Abhedananda Copy Share Image
I am afraid that if you don't find peaceful domestic solutions to our inequality and social problems, then it's always tempting to… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination. — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose. — Natasha Leggero Copy Share Image