Income inequality Quote by Erik Brynjolfsson

The U.S. has some of the most significant income inequality in the developed world, yet people seem routinely to underestimate that fact.

— Maria Konnikova

“US inequality in 2010 is quantitatively as extreme as in old Europe in the first decade of the twentieth century, but the structure of…

— Thomas Piketty

Numerous studies have shown income inequality growing since the late 1970s. Real earnings have fallen for many families, with globalization, the decline of unions…

— Annie Lowrey

“A 2011 OECD report showed that, over the past three decades, in Sweden, Finland, Germany, Israel, and New Zealand--all countries that have chosen a…

— Chrystia Freeland

We work harder and we earn less. Income inequality is at the highest point in over a century. While American capitalism never guaranteed success,…

— Mario Cuomo

The past few decades of widening inequality can be summed up as significant income and wealth gains for those at the very top and…

— Janet Yellen

In the United States today we have the most unequal wealth and income distribution of any major country on earth - worse than at…

— Bernie Sanders

Wealth inequality has increased.

— Cornel West

By some estimates, income and wealth inequality are near their highest levels in the past hundred years, much higher than the average during that…

— Janet Yellen

“Indeed, the instability of families’ incomes has risen faster than the inequality of families’ incomes.”

— Jonathan Morduch

“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