Consumption Quote by Ivan Illich

There is a considerable polarization taking place here, increasing the gap between rich and poor. It's most dramatic in Third World countries, of course,…

— Noam Chomsky

“some nations have tried to bring about more economic equality in economically harmful ways, not through opening up free markets but through brute use…

— Barry Asmus

I don't believe that economic equality is possible; indeed some measure of inequality is essential for the spirit of envy and keeping up with…

— Boris Johnson

Opulent, civilized, and industrious nations, are greater consumers than poor ones, because they are infinitely greater producers.

— Jean-Baptiste Say

The real meaning of economic equality is "To each according to his need."

— Mahatma Gandhi

If instead of looking at income, you look at levels of consumption, if anything that's become more equal. The fraction of families that have…

— Milton Friedman

When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits.

— Gary Bauer

Our economy is based upon people wanting more; their happiness on wanting less.

— Frank A. Clark

Commerce is the equalizer of the wealth of nations.

— William E. Gladstone

There is much less envy of the rich by the poor than there is of the happy by the unhappy; by those who believe…

— Dennis Prager

The differences in income between the poor world and the rich world are so great that people have to be interested.

— Esther Duflo

There is much less envy of the rich by the poor than there is of the happy by the unhappy; by those who believe,…

— Dennis Prager