Bigs Quote by Cornel West

'Inequality' has become the political theme/slogan of our time in both Europe and the U.S., yet political leaders do not even bother to consider…

— Paul Singer

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

“You hear it in every political speech, “vote for me, we’ll get the dream back.” They all reiterate it in similar words—you even hear…

— Noam Chomsky

Income inequality has become so prevalent in the U.S. that examples of its negative impact on the middle class are as common as Kanye…

— Ana Kasparian

We need to have great wealth and we need to have the critics of great wealth.

— T. J. Stiles

“Some economic inequality critics go further and contend that there comes a point at which inequality undermines progress—and, by and large, they believe the…

— Don Watkins

One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that…

— Adam Davidson

I don't care about wealth. What seems to be upsetting is institutionalizing the advantages that wealth gives you.

— Jon Stewart

“One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That's the American ideal. Poor people…

— Jay-Z

Inequality has risen to the point that it seems to me worthwhile for the U.S. to seriously consider taking the risk of making our…

— Janet Yellen

I was at the World Bank and a commission reviewed our work on inequality for the U.S. Congress or somebody, and the head of…

— Branko Milanovic

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