“It costs a lot of money to go into cafes to breastfeed when out in public. Not everyone has the money to do that. Yet, at the same time, it is often people with the least money and accompanying health inequalities that are most likely to benefit from breastfeeding” PeopleCostBenefitsInequalityLots Of MoneyCafesBreastfeeding Author:Jill Johnston
“Inequalities of wealth, unjustly established, have assuredly injured the nation in which they exist during their establishment; and, unjustly directed, they injure it yet more during their existence. But inequalities of wealth justly established, benefit the nation in the course of their establishment; and, nobly used, aid it yet more by their existence.” UsedCoursesNationsWealthExistenceBenefitsAidsInequalityEstablishmentInjured Book:Unto this Last Source: Unto this Last
“Amazons Jeff Bezos, Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs did not start out wealthy, and actually added to income inequality, but we all benefit from their creative effort.” JobsEffortCreativeBenefitsMarkBillsIncomeInequalityGatesWealthyIncome InequalityZuckerberg Author:Foster Friess
“The capitalist workplace is one of the most profoundly undemocratic institutions on the face of the Earth. Workers have no say over decisions affecting them. If workers sat on the board of directors of democratically operated self-managed enterprises, they wouldn't vote for the wildly unequal distribution of profits to benefit a few and for cutbacks for the many.” IfsSelfEarthFacesDecisionDirectorsBenefitsCapitalismEconomicsVoteManagementInstitutionsWorkersProfitInequalityBoardsSatEnterpriseVotingCapitalistWorkplaceDistributionBoard Of DirectorsCutbacks Author:Richard D. Wolff
“Obviously, I have certain policy positions that I push and advocate for that would benefit people dealing in a system that breeds inequality and makes life more difficult for people.” PeopleCertainDifficultPolicyPositionBenefitsInequality Author:Tim Ryan
“The reason our country looks the way it does is through social engineering that distinctly benefits suburban communities, exurban communities, and often white residents. And we are socially engineered in such a way as to, often unconsciously and unintentionally, but sometimes intentionally, perpetuate this divisive inequality.” WayLooksDoeCountrySometimesReasonSocialCommunityWhiteBenefitsOur CountryInequalityEngineeringResidentsSocial Engineering Author:Richard Benjamin
“Trickle down economics is a fraud. Giving tax breaks to the rich and large corporations does not create jobs. It simply makes the rich richer, enlarges the deficit and increases income and wealth inequality. We need economic policies which benefit working families, not the billionaire class.” NeedsGivingDoeJobsWealthClassBreakRichEconomicPolicyTaxesBenefitsEconomicsIncreaseIncomeInequalityCorporationsFraudDeficitBillionaireEconomic PolicyTax BreaksTrickle DownWealth InequalityTrickle Down Economics Author:Bernie Sanders
“The benefits of feminism have been unequally distributed, because the move toward gender equality and gender neutrality has been countered to a large extent by the increase in economic inequality.” Has BeensMovingFeminismEconomicBenefitsIncreaseGenderInequalityGender EqualityNeutralityEconomic Inequality Author:Stephanie Coontz
“The historical weight of gender inequality has tended to concentrate women in lower-paid jobs with fewer benefits and at the same time made them primarily responsible for care giving.” GivingMadeCareJobsBenefitsWeightPaidResponsibleHistoricalGenderInequalityFewerGender Inequality Author:Stephanie Coontz
“It is probably true that the economic benefits of being in the EU are a net positive to the UK, but a large number of people do not share in these benefits and the result is increasing inequality.” PeopleResultsNumbersShareEconomicBenefitsInequalityLarge Numbers Author:Dale Jamieson
“At a time when the European project is facing challenges, it's especially important to show the benefits of economic integration by continuing to invest in our people and working to reduce inequality, both within and across our countries.” PeopleImportantCountryShowsChallengesEconomicBenefitsProjectsOur CountryInequalityContinuingIntegrationFacing ChallengesEconomic Integration Author:Barack Obama
“I think, from a progressive point of view, to have a Democratic Congress and a Democratic White House, and to have spent the time on Obamacare, which had real benefits, 20 million insured, but not on inequality, was a major cost to the Democratic Party, costing them their majorities, but also a bit of a cost to the country, because it didn't address the fundamental issues that led to Donald Trump and that led to a lot of unhappiness, just the continued widening inequality.” ThinkingRealCountryHouseBitsWhiteViewsPartyMillionsIssuesTrumpCostBenefitsMajorsFundamentalsMajorityDemocraticCongressPoint Of ViewInequalityAddressesUnhappinessWhite HouseProgressiveDemocratic PartyObamacare Author:David Brooks
“[M]en, though they know full well how much women are worth and how great the benefits we bring them, nonetheless seek to destroy us out of envy for our merits. It's just like the crow, when it produces white nestlings: it is so stricken by envy, knowing how black it is itself, that it kills its own offspring out of pique.” KnowsWellsBlackWhiteKnowingProduceBenefitsEnvyInequalityMeritCrowOffspringPique Author:Moderata Fonte