Employment Quote by Gerald Epstein

Here's the interesting thing: the fact that QE and lowering interest rates almost to zero has worsened inequality, does not mean that raising interest…

— Gerald Epstein

Giving a minimum wage reduces inequality significantly.

— Winnie Byanyima

The crisis and recession have led to very low interest rates, it is true, but these events have also destroyed jobs, hamstrung economic growth…

— Ben Bernanke

Income inequality has gotten worse under President Barack Obama.

— Timothy Noah

“Austerity, especially when it cannot be offset by a significant lowering of interest rates, brings with it increases in unemployment -- particularly enduring unemployment…

— Alex Himelfarb

Decreasing economic growth and increasing inequality leads to increased uncertainty.

— Nicholas Bloom

The higher the wages the fewer the jobs; the lower the wages the more the jobs.

— James Cook

Should that worse scenario materialize, then most probably our propensity to increase interest rates will be weaker.

— Marek Belka

The extent of and continuing increase in inequality in the United States greatly concern me.

— Janet Yellen

“The inexorable rise of inequality can be countered at the top by higher taxes on the highest earners who have captured so much more…

— Robert J. Gordon

“Thus, increases in interest rates matter greatly for the economy as a whole. They not only cause direct reductions in investment spending and interest-sensitive…

— McConnell Campbell

Raising interest rates might lead to some initial reductions in wealth by lowering asset prices, but it could also take a bite out of…

— Gerald Epstein