Alarmists Quote by Don Watkins

“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

“Inequality can be alleviated and productivity growth promoted by combating overly zealous and regressive regulations”

— Robert J. Gordon

“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

“History tells us that inequality soars when societies develop.”

— Edward Luce

“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 was the price of civilization.”

— George Orwell

Inequality of wealth and incomes is an essential feature of the market economy. It is the implement that makes the consumers supreme in giving…

— Ludwig von Mises

“The idea was that inequalities increase in the early phases of industrialization, because only a minority is prepared to benefit from the new wealth…

— Thomas Piketty

There is no question that we, as a country, need to deal with economic inequality across the country, and we need to make sure…

— Pramila Jayapal

“Chief among these headwinds is the rise of inequality that since 1970 has steadily directed an ever larger share of the fruits of the…

— Robert J. Gordon

“The essence of economic inequality is borne out in a simple fact: there are 400 billionaires in the United States and 45 million people…

— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

“The economists exploded the old tenets: that it is unfair and unjust to outdo a competitor by producing better and cheaper goods; that it…

— Ludwig von Mises