I think the issue of income and wealth inequality is in fact a moral issue. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King was a radical democrat, by which I mean someone who is a foe of wealth inequality. — Cornel West 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
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It would, I think, be hard for anyone to make the case that the United States is a just society or anything… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Once you begin to talk about wealth inequality, especially as it relates to corporations and big banks, or engage in an indictment… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
After adjusting for inflation, the average income of the top 5% of households grew by 38% from 1989 to 2013. By comparison,… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
The decision is I'm going to do everything I can to fight for the working class of this country, the low-income people… — Bernie Sanders 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
Here's what income and wealth inequality is about. Last year, the top 25 hedge fund managers made more than 24 billion, enough… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I think the media and the candidates have got to talk about why the middle class is in decline and why we… — Bernie Sanders 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
It's clear that he was incredibly courageous in his critique of white supremacy, wealth inequality, and imperial power as it relates to… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The greatest country, the richest country, is not that which has the most capitalists, monopolists, immense grabbings, vast fortunes, with its sad,… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“Given our current system of property ownership, it makes sense that we would see greater wealth inequality in places where there's greater… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
“Since people can only be paid for their goods and services or extract rent from society, less income is available to service… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
I find it ironic that Republicans have such disdain for the lazy, and yet their solution to every problem is do nothing.… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The distribution of wealth is even more unequal than that of income. ...The wealthiest 5% of American households held 54% of all… — Janet Yellen 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
“Western capitalist society, and especially my own American society, is one characterized by great inequalities. In any such society, by the nature… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
“Well, our economic system "works," it just works in the interests of the masters, and I'd like to see one that works… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
By some estimates, income and wealth inequality are near their highest levels in the past hundred years, much higher than the average… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
We need to invest in healthcare, in education, in the sciences. And in so doing, we will tackle one of the most… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Historically marginalized populations have already had less access to wealth and credit building opportunities, and the continued use of credit histories to… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
There is far too little discussion in Washington about the collapse of the middle class , almost no discussion at all about… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Trickle down economics is a fraud. Giving tax breaks to the rich and large corporations does not create jobs. It simply makes… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Some of the anti-trade sentiment is the result of rising wealth inequality and stagnating real wages. — Arancha Gonzalez Copy Share Image
Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future. — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
Today, the United States is No. 1 in corporate profits, No. 1 in CEO salaries, No. 1 in childhood poverty and No.… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Just as the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It's really difficult for mainstream - let's say, cable outlets - to talk about things like income inequality, wealth inequality when the… — Ana Kasparian Copy Share Image
I don't want our white working class sisters and brothers to feel as though their pain is not important because it is.… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
“As long as people and institutions are allowed to profit from land at the expense of other people, we're enabling a system… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
