Death Quote by Tony Judt

You need to look at inequality as a typical condition of modern society.

— Rem Koolhaas

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

“Inequality and poverty, unhealth and no wealth are hand in hand. And if we are all born equal that should be true in all…

— Ana Claudia Antunes

We are often told that health inequalities are about money, that poor people cannot afford to live healthy lifestyles, but that is far too…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

Inequality has the natural and necessary effect, under the present circumstances, of materializing our upper class, vulgarizing our middle class, and brutalizing our lower…

— Matthew Arnold

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

“US inequality in 2010 is quantitatively as extreme as in old Europe in the first decade of the twentieth century, but the structure of…

— Thomas Piketty

Inequality is not so much a cause of economic, political, and social processes as a consequence. Some of these processes are good, some are…

— Angus Deaton

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

— Edward Luce

“Recently, the International Monetary Fund published a report which revealed that too much inequality even inhibits economic growth.22 Perhaps the most fascinating finding, however,…

— Rutger Bregman