About Quote by Angus Deaton

Inequality is an enormously complicated thing that is both good and bad.

— Angus Deaton

I believe that virtually all the problems in the world come from inequality of one kind or another.

— Amartya Sen

Inequality is not so much a cause of economic, political, and social processes as a consequence. Some of these processes are good, some are…

— Angus Deaton

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 is not necessarily bad in itself: the key question is to decide whether it is justified, whether there are reasons for it.”

— Thomas Piketty

I'm in favor of inequality if it comes about from people making great innovations that make us all better off. And I think those…

— Angus Deaton

I believe that if you want to fight inequality you have to do it starting at infancy.

— Michelle Bachelet

I don't think equality is intrinsically valuable, meaning in and of itself. I'm not against inequality... if Bill Gates gets another hundred million dollars,…

— Angus Deaton

A lot of people, including me, are worried that inequality will lead to bad things.

— Angus Deaton

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

— Mary Douglas

People on left have to better understand what are the benefits of inequality, and people on right have to understand better what the dangers…

— Angus Deaton

There's no doubt that inequality destabilizes societies. I think the social science evidence on that front is crystal clear.

— Jordan Peterson