Inequality Quote by Alissa Quart

Wealth is used to entrench inequality, not to trickle down and solve it.

— Winnie Byanyima

Wealth inequality has increased.

— Cornel West

The concern that I have is that, as wealth continues to concentrate in the hands of a few, economic inequality grows, and power also…

— Jane Mayer

“Equality works. Extreme inequality does not. Out of the grotesque opportunism that we’ve seen among owners of great wealth in the past ten years…

— David Cay Johnston

“inequality is associated with more frequent and more severe boom-and-bust cycles that make our economy more volatile and vulnerable.”

— David Cay Johnston

Inequalities of wealth lead to a dispersion in wealth for all.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

When inequality gets too extreme, then it becomes useless for growth, and it can even become bad because it tends to lead to high…

— Thomas Piketty

I think inequality has gone past the point where it's helping us all get rich, and it's really becoming a serious threat.

— Angus Deaton

Inequality saps the economy by draining the buying power of Americans whose incomes have stagnated, forcing them to rely on debt to fund education,…

— George Packer

Rising inequality can create a more highly leveraged economy, and it can then make the economy vulnerable to a crash like 2008.

— Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell

The advantages of wealth are greatly exaggerated.

— Leland Stanford

It's important to realize that innovation and growth in itself are not sufficient to moderate inequality of wealth.

— Thomas Piketty