Quote by Thomas Piketty

“Creating equality in the society means helping poor to become prosperous and not asking prosperous to become poor.”

— Amit Kalantri

“When the rate of return on capital significantly exceeds the growth rate of the economy (as it did through much of history until the…

— Thomas Piketty

The growth of equality … calls for decisions, mechanisms and processes directed to a better distribution of wealth, the creation of sources of employment…

— Pope Francis

“Acquisition of wealth thus not in any way make you relevant in the scheme of life; you are relevant by the lives you positively…

— ANIKOR Daniel

“No society can be simultaneously fair, free, and equal. If it is fair, people who work harder can accumulate more. If it is free,…

— Steven Pinker

“All around us we see a level of individual wealth unequaled since the early years of the 20th century.”

— Tony Judt

“The meritocratic society has given way to a hereditary meritocracy. The children of the rich are overwhelmingly likely to stay rich.”

— Edward Luce

“How should we begin to make amends for raising a generation obsessed with the pursuit of material wealth and indifferent to so much else?…

— Tony Judt

My idea of society is that while we are born equal, meaning that we have a right to equal opportunity, all have not the…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Inherited wealth may be easily squandered, but inherited poverty is a legacy almost impossible to loose.”

— Eric Haney

“The differences in society should be determined by merit. That’s all. Not birth.”

— Amish Tripathi

“Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth - the man who would make his own fortune no matter…

— Ayn Rand