Country Quote by Pramila Jayapal

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

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

More fundamentally, this kind of gaping inequality gives lie to the promise at the very heart of America: that this is the place where…

— Barack Obama

When minimum living wages, bargaining for fair wages, pensions, and job security are denied in too many countries, it is not rocket science to…

— Sharan Burrow

We have to build an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top. That means we need new jobs, good jobs,…

— Hillary Clinton

“Borders are the single biggest cause of discrimination in all of world history. Inequality gaps between people living in the same country are nothing…

— Rutger Bregman

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

Nothing would more quickly and definitively reduce U.S. income inequality than allowing every worker in all businesses to participate in deciding the range of…

— Richard D. Wolff

Eye-popping tales of growing income inequality are hardly new. By now, nearly every American must be painfully aware of the widening pay gap between…

— Steven Rattner

This kind of gaping inequality gives lie to the promise that’s at the very heart of America: that this is a place where you…

— Barack Obama

I just want people to know about economic inequality.

— Ashley Biden

Inequality saps the economy by draining the buying power of Americans whose incomes have stagnated, forcing them to rely on debt to fund education,…

— George Packer