Labor movement Quote by Chris Hedges

“Inequalities are inevitable under capitalism, but no other advanced economy has such a hyperconcentration of wealth. In fact, as we’ve seen, America looks far…

— Hedrick Smith

“When significant numbers of people see their standards of living fall despite an ever-growing economic pie, it threatens the social contract of the economy…

— Erik Brynjolfsson

“Neoliberalization has meant ,in short,the financialization of everything.There was unquestionably a power shift away from production to the world of finance.”

— David Harvey

The truth is that after several decades of neoliberalism, the rich are becoming increasingly richer while the poor are both more numerous and increasingly…

— Fidel Castro

“While the changes that are necessary are actually simple, they're painful, and require courage and sacrifice. Living standards will decline in real terms. Citizens…

— Satyajit Das

We are seeing a working-class, a middle class, which over the last three decades has seen their wages and income stagnate, while the very…

— Katrina vanden Heuvel

“And after generations of redistributive progressive income and inheritance taxes, the economic elite was losing its lead. Income in America during the mid-1970s was…

— Jane Mayer

“A small portion of our population, over the past two decades, has been chanting incessantly for increased privatization of the material resources of the…

— Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

I am struck again by the fact that as soon as a working man gets an official post in the Trade Union or goes…

— George Orwell