Affluence Quote by Jamie Johnson

Even when [Federal Reserve Chairman Ben] Bernanke said the recession was over ... you think that would have been a bigger boom somewhere, but…

— Bill Maher

Unfortunately, in a recession, the people who suffer the most aren't the rich, but the wanna-be rich and the poor.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Ironically, for the mega-rich, recession brings with it the ability to live well at a lower cost and with less of a hassle.

— Jamie Johnson

At the center of every recession is a serious imbalance in the economy and mirrored in the financial system. Think subprime mortgage and the…

— Mark Zandi

The fears of recession in the aftermath of Black Monday have turned to fears of the economy racing ahead too fast, with inflation edging…

— Nigel Lawson

I feel that the single-minded pursuit of wealth has led the middle classes into a crisis,

— Rana Dasgupta

Wall Street excesses helped lead to the Great Recession.

— Chuck Schumer

“Recently, the International Monetary Fund published a report which revealed that too much inequality even inhibits economic growth.22 Perhaps the most fascinating finding, however,…

— Rutger Bregman

Concentrating wealth in the hands of the few and deregulating financial institutions and practices lead to speculative bubbles that eventually burst - and that…

— Jennifer Granholm

The concern that I have is that, as wealth continues to concentrate in the hands of a few, economic inequality grows, and power also…

— Jane Mayer

It's very hard to persuade a young person who has seen the Great Recession, who has seen all the problems with inequality, to tell…

— Joseph Stiglitz

What drags down our entire economy is when there's an ever-widening chasm between the ultra-rich and everybody else...

— Barack Obama