Age Quote by David Simon

Eye-popping tales of growing income inequality are hardly new. By now, nearly every American must be painfully aware of the widening pay gap between…

— Steven Rattner

'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

“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

I think that the main issue with inequality is not the gap between the rich and the poor. It is the gap between the…

— Arnold Kling

There is a world-wide conflict between capital and labour, and the poor envy the rich.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“When inequality alarmists like Krugman hold up the post-war era as a model, they are not doing so in the name of prosperity, or…

— Don Watkins

Wealth inequality has increased.

— Cornel West

It is no exaggeration to say that rising inequality has driven many of the 99 percent into a financial ditch. It also helped spawn…

— Robert H. Frank

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

You need to look at inequality as a typical condition of modern society.

— Rem Koolhaas

No matter how we name and dissect inequality, we must keep explaining the larger downside of such concentrated extreme wealth.

— Alissa Quart

Many decry rising inequality because it makes those who've fallen behind feel impoverished. But it's done much more than cause hurt feelings. It has…

— Robert H. Frank