Conservatives cannot be absent from the debate on inequality and equality in the nation. — Pierre Poilievre Copy Share Image
You have to be interested in inequality. The issue of inequality and that of poverty are not separable. — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
The rich are becoming richer, and the gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger. — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
“Everyone is so enamored with the puppet; they never notice the man pulling the strings.” — J.B. Lion Copy Share Image
I feel that the single-minded pursuit of wealth has led the middle classes into a crisis, — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share Image
“We must also consider inequality within and not just between countries. I” — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
If we truly want to make America great, we need to fix this racial inequality. — Booker T Copy Share Image
I would say that in this world, the greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
High levels of economic inequality lead to imbalances in political power, as those at the top use their economic weight to shape… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Idiots are always in favour of inequality of income (their only chance of eminence), and the really great in favour of equality. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I think inequality is fine, as long as it is in the common interest. The problem is when it gets so extreme,… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
At the heart of the problem is the fact that the United States is a racially divided nation where extreme racial inequalities… — Robert D Bullard Copy Share Image
“A state born of protest against inequality had created one of the most intricate and rigid systems of privilege that the world… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax;… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Instead, we have found ourselves gasping for air in a sea of corruption, dysfunction, environmental degradation, waste, disenchantment and inequality—and the harder… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
The real gender inequality in marriage stems from the tendency to regard women as the default parent, the one who, in the… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Popular privileges are consistent with a state of society in which there is great inequality of position. Democratic rights, on the contrary,… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time developing in books why worshipping separately actually impacts inequality, economic, social, on and on. So I… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Racism is a problem, economic inequality is a problem, not enough rock n' roll on the radio is a problem. But all… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
White privilege is the unquestioned and unearned set of advantages, entitlements benefits and choices bestowed on people solely because they are white.… — Peggy McIntosh Copy Share Image
We all rely on our infrastructure system even if we don't own a car or use public transportation. It impacts our economy… — Michael Capuano Copy Share Image
Income and wealth inequality have reached obscene levels, the threat of climate change is more frightening than ever, and the billionaire class… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Prisoners do matter when analyzing the severity of racial inequality in the U.S. Yet because they are out of sight and out… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“It was possible, no doubt, to imagine a society in which wealth, in the sense of personal possessions and luxuries, should be… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Twenty per cent of American children grow up in poverty, and that means they get inadequate nutrition, inadequate health care, and because… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Through much of its history, the US did not have high inequality as compared with Europe. Less so, in fact. That began… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Skilled shortages in America exist because we are shielding our skilled labor force from world competition. [Visa quotas] have been substituted for… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
“It does seem true that a young woman may sometimes behave in a way that can be called titillating, and that men… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
“One percent of the nation owns a third of the wealth. The rest of the wealth is distributed in such a way… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“No country without a revolution or a military defeat and subsequent occupation has ever experienced such a sharp a shift in the… — Lester Thurow Copy Share Image