As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A lot of my book, 'The Price of Inequality,' is about why there has been an increase in rent-seeking. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The lower half of households by wealth held just 3% of wealth in 1989 and only 1% in 2013. — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
Inequality is a terrible waste of time, a waste of people's resources. — Jeremy Corbyn Copy Share Image
Rising inequality is a cultural and economic cancer on a lot of different levels. — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The middle class has disappeared. We have a highway to poverty and no roads coming out. — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
Growing inequality is a huge problem, and of course is intimately connected to xenophobia and racism. — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
I don't see basic income as a panacea, but we must have a new income distribution system. The old one has broken… — Guy Standing 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
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
“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
When it comes to taking responsibility towards the society, the middle class will be the first people to shirk it. — Anonymous 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
If time is the dimension of change, then space is the dimension of coexisting difference. And that is both a source of… — Doreen Massey Copy Share Image
I see the sharp inequality between how Haitian and Cuban refugees are treated in Florida. Both groups come here because their lives… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
The country that's been most successful at that is Norway. The more typical countries are those in the Middle East where a… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
There are some people who say that theyre concerned only with poverty but not inequality. But I dont think that is a… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
I think, unfortunately, we've always lived in a world of massive inequality: inequality between the haves and the have-nots, inequality between men… — O. T. Fagbenle Copy Share Image
A two-parent family based on love and commitment can be a wonderful thing, but historically speaking the "two-parent paradigm" has left an… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
“And after generations of redistributive progressive income and inheritance taxes, the economic elite was losing its lead. Income in America during the… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Real income inequality is what we used to call striving and working hard to get ahead. Striving, educating ourselves, getting up and… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“The rich and powerful are going to survive longer, but the effects are very real―and they're getting worse very quickly as more… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Despite long-standing claims by elites that Blacks, women, Latinos, and other similarly derogated groups in the United States remain incapable of producing… — Patricia Hill Collins 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
...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
“He said, moreover, "Teach those who are ignorant as many things as possible; society is culpable, in that it does not afford… — Victor Hugo 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
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
Some members of the ruling class are making a concerted effort to expand the wealth gap. — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
Women can't wait for equal pay. And I won't stop fighting to address this inequality. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Poor people are generally a reminder that hard work can be ineffective.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The American woman's inequality with men is proved by her defiant attitude. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Health and health inequalities tell us a great deal about the good or bad effects of social policies. — Michael Marmot Copy Share Image
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