Additional Quote by Eric Alterman

In the last recession, 99 percent of us have lost wealth, but did you know that the top 1 percent increased their wealth five…

— Jesse Ventura

Anyone who has followed the U.S. economy in recent years can tell you while corporate America and their wealthy executives have recovered from the…

— James P. Hoffa

“if we consider the total growth of the US economy in the thirty years prior to the crisis, that is, from 1977 to 2007,…

— Thomas Piketty

Between 2009 and 2012, 95% of the country's income gains went to the top 1% of earners.

— Neera Tanden

Interesting statistic: In every economic recovery until 1982, working people captured more than 80 percent of the value of the recovery. Since 1982, the…

— Julianne Malveaux

“From 1977 to 1987, our average annual return to investors was 46 percent. And even in the middle of the recession, in 1991, we…

— Sam Walton

In the five years since the end of the Great Recession, the economy has made considerable progress in recovering from the largest and most…

— Janet Yellen

I think it's been unfortunate, but it's happened, that since the Great Recession, the gains have all gone to the top. And we need…

— Hillary Clinton

The revival of the U.S. financial system after the crash of 2008 is arguably the Obama administration's biggest domestic policy success.

— David Ignatius

Recessions are great because they unlock the best people.

— Aaron Patzer

“By 2012 the average income of the vast majority had shrunk to the equivalent of 45 weeks of 1973 income—a 13 percent decline to…

— David Cay Johnston

President Obama released his tax returns. It turns out he made $900,000 less in 2011 then he did in 2010. You know what that…

— Jay Leno