Productivity Quote by Robert J. Gordon

“The more varigated and complicated a society, the greater the chance that those at the top will be ignorant of the realities at the…

— Tony Judt

“We must insist on putting production at the heart of economic analysis. The inequality alarmists take the existence of progress and prosperity for granted.…

— Don Watkins

“Incentives aren't the only thing that matter for economic growth. Opportunity is also crucial, and extreme inequality deprives many people of the opportunity to…

— Paul Krugman

“inequality is associated with more frequent and more severe boom-and-bust cycles that make our economy more volatile and vulnerable.”

— David Cay Johnston

Growing inequality is exacerbated by the companies who simply treat workers as commodities, and our governments are cowered by their demands to perpetuate this…

— Sharan Burrow

“The idea was that inequalities increase in the early phases of industrialization, because only a minority is prepared to benefit from the new wealth…

— Thomas Piketty

“History tells us that inequality soars when societies develop.”

— Edward Luce

“Chief among these headwinds is the rise of inequality that since 1970 has steadily directed an ever larger share of the fruits of the…

— Robert J. Gordon

The engine of growth is also the engine of inequality,

— T. J. Stiles

The extent of and continuing increase in inequality in the United States greatly concern me.

— Janet Yellen

When inequality gets too extreme, then it becomes useless for growth, and it can even become bad because it tends to lead to high…

— Thomas Piketty

“When inequality alarmists like Krugman hold up the post-war era as a model, they are not doing so in the name of prosperity, or…

— Don Watkins