Economies Quote by Winnie Byanyima Download Open image “Extreme inequality is no temporary blip. It is hard-wired into our economies.” — Winnie Byanyima ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Economies Inequality Our Temporary
We need to tackle extreme inequality because it is morally indefensible and socially corrosive - undermining our health, affecting our well-being, and undermining peaceful… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
When inequality gets too extreme, then it becomes useless for growth, and it can even become bad because it tends to lead to high… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
You need some inequality to grow... but extreme inequality is not only useless but can be harmful to growth because it reduces mobility and… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
No matter how we name and dissect inequality, we must keep explaining the larger downside of such concentrated extreme wealth. — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
When inequality gets to an extreme, it is completely useless for growth. — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“inequality is associated with more frequent and more severe boom-and-bust cycles that make our economy more volatile and vulnerable.” — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
Rising inequality can create a more highly leveraged economy, and it can then make the economy vulnerable to a crash like 2008. — Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Inequality is bad for everyone, not just the middle class and the poor — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Massive inequality, we have learned, isn't the best way to run an economy after all. And when you think about it, it's also profoundly… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Corporations are driving down wages and working conditions across the globe to maximize returns for their shareholders. They use their power and influence to… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
By empowering a woman, we empower a child. By educating a girl child, we make it possible for her to grow up to become… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
A global tax body would give all countries - not just the rich and powerful - an equal say in how the global rules… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Governments should end the extreme concentration of wealth in order to end poverty. This means tackling tax dodging but also increasing taxes on wealth… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
You are not going to lift everybody out of poverty through the kindness of wealthy people. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Climate change is the biggest threat to our chances of winning the fight against hunger. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
African countries lose billions every year because of tax dodging by big corporations and wealthy individuals. They lose billions more from overly generous tax… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Tax abuse is a scourge on our global community, but especially for Africa. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Global growth and development that is strong, sustainable, and inclusive requires the challenges of inequality to be met head-on. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Will capitalist economies operate at full employment in the absence of routine intervention? Certainly not. Are deviations from full employment a social problem? Obviously. — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
At the outset of the creation of the euro in 1999, it was expected that the southern eurozone economies would behave like those in… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Emerging market economies have long grappled with the challenges posed by large and volatile cross-border capital flows. — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
I started digging and found that Israel signed a peace treaty with the United Arab Emirates after the country had diversified their economy, instead… — Shai Agassi Copy Share Image
The hacker community may be small, but it possesses the skills that are driving the global economies of the future. — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
Growing economies are critical; we will never be able to end poverty unless economies are growing. We also need to find ways of growing… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
The major economies are not American anymore. They are Asian and South American. — David Douglas Duncan Copy Share Image
We in Africa must prepare our economies in that direction that attracts such huge and qualitative investments. It is for us to push, and… — Yemi Osinbajo Copy Share Image
Whether or not people go into space or serve the space industry, they will have the sensitivity to those fields necessary to stimulate unending… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Business cycles lengthened greatly during the 20th century, as central banks learned to manage national economies by raising and lowering interest rates. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
In this context, the current recovery in the Japanese economy is taking place in tandem with the growing interdependence with the rest of the… — Toshihiko Fukui Copy Share Image
