Accepting Quote by Milton Friedman

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

Inequality has risen to the point that it seems to me worthwhile for the U.S. to seriously consider taking the risk of making our…

— Janet Yellen

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

I think inequality has gone past the point where it's helping us all get rich, and it's really becoming a serious threat.

— Angus Deaton

Inequality is not so much a cause of economic, political, and social processes as a consequence. Some of these processes are good, some are…

— Angus Deaton

This kind of inequality - a level we haven't seen since the Great Depression - hurts us all. When middle-class families can no longer…

— Barack Obama

I think that the main issue with inequality is not the gap between the rich and the poor. It is the gap between the…

— Arnold Kling

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

Inequality is bad for everyone, not just the middle class and the poor

— Robert Reich

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

Inequality of wealth and incomes is an essential feature of the market economy. It is the implement that makes the consumers supreme in giving…

— Ludwig von Mises

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