Accomplished Quote by Robert H. Frank

Many decry rising inequality because it makes those who've fallen behind feel impoverished. But it's done much more than cause hurt feelings. It has…

— Robert H. Frank

Rising inequality can create a more highly leveraged economy, and it can then make the economy vulnerable to a crash like 2008.

— Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell

It is no exaggeration to say that rising inequality has driven many of the 99 percent into a financial ditch. It also helped spawn…

— Robert H. Frank

The past few decades of widening inequality can be summed up as significant income and wealth gains for those at the very top and…

— Janet Yellen

Wealth inequality has increased.

— Cornel West

Rising inequality is a cultural and economic cancer on a lot of different levels.

— Kevin Drum

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

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

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

The answer to the problem of inequality is for the people who are fortunate enough to either have been gifted or deserved more to…

— Jordan Peterson

Rising inequality is not a law of nature - it's not even a law of economics. It is a consequence of political and economic…

— John Lanchester

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