Advancing Quote by William J. Clinton

It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth,…

— William J. Clinton

“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

Watch the walls come down, whether it's in the South or on Wall Street. When the walls come down, what do we find? More…

— Jesse Jackson

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

Equality begins with economic empowerment.

— George H. W. Bush

Growth is a substitute for equality of income. So long as there is growth there is hope, and that makes large income differentials tolerable.

— Henry Wallich

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

— Amit Kalantri

“There are two main reasons why this assumption is wrong. First, once basic material needs have been met, there is very little evidence that…

— Nic Marks

Part of the magic of economic growth is how you educate people, and the leading economies have to stay in front of that. From…

— Bill Gates

Parents, teachers, professors, economists, pundits, entrepreneurs, tinkerers and misfits all have to do a better job of unapologetically singing the praises of capitalism and…

— Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

Worrying about the poor is one thing. To contend that equality is necessary for growth is an altogether different and more radical idea.

— Chrystia Freeland

I think the issue of income and wealth inequality is in fact a moral issue.

— Bernie Sanders