Best Quote by Thomas Frank

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

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

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 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

We're the richest economy in the history of the world. For the majority of Americans not to get the benefits of this extraordinarily prosperous…

— Robert Reich

And you can't have a prosperous economy when the government is way overspending, raising tax rates, printing too much money, over regulating and restricting…

— Arthur Laffer

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 concern that I have is that, as wealth continues to concentrate in the hands of a few, economic inequality grows, and power also…

— Jane Mayer

There is no question that we, as a country, need to deal with economic inequality across the country, and we need to make sure…

— Pramila Jayapal

The economy is the start and end of everything. You can't have successful education reform or any other reform if you don't have a…

— David Cameron

I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the one grows up in,…

— Joseph Stiglitz