Economics Quote by Joseph Stiglitz

People at the top spend less money than those at the bottom so when you have redistribution toward the top, aggregate demand goes down.…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Poverty persists, essentially, because the people at the bottom - the bottom quarter and also the bottom half - see the gains from the…

— Thomas Pogge

The important issue is not how much inequality there is but how much opportunity there is for individuals to get out of the bottom…

— Milton Friedman

Some people say we have this inequality because some people have been contributing much more to our society, and so it's fair that they…

— Joseph Stiglitz

There have always been two theories about inequality. One is that it reflects just deserts. The other is that there are large elements of…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Given the total income and wealth available in the world today, we could easily overcome poverty, which would require raising the share of the…

— Thomas Pogge

Our economy grows from the middle out, not the top down.

— Michael Nutter

I don't believe in trickle-down economics. I don't think that people who have the most are inclined to share it, generally.

— Dave Matthews

Research suggests that large divisions of income and wealth weaken demand and generate economic imbalances that create instability and undermine growth.

— Victor Ponta

We must renew the economy from the bottom up, not top down.

— Jesse Jackson

If consumers don't have the wherewithal to spend because all the money's going to the top, and the people at the top only spend…

— Robert Reich

Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during crises, such as in…

— Susan George