Adulthood Quote by Thomas B. Edsall

Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance themselves.

— Ben Bernanke

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

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

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

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

Countries with big inequality gaps have big prison populations, have worse obesity rates, are less trusting, and have higher rates of violence. The gap…

— Richard Bacon

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

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

Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long…

— Fareed Zakaria

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

The American people have to think hard about their definition of the meaning of the good life, that hedonistic, materialistic society of high levels…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

“Inequality, then, is not just unattractive in itself; it clearly corresponds to pathological social problems that we cannot hope to address unless we attend…

— Tony Judt