“The weak economy, widening income inequality, gridlock in Congress and a presidential election: Those were perhaps the dominant economic and political themes of 2012.” PoliticalEconomyEconomicWeakElectionCongressIncomeInequalityPresidentialThemeDominantPresidential ElectionIncome InequalityEconomic InequalityGridlock Author:Steven Rattner
“Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities.” HumansRightsEconomicHugeStructureHuman RightsTerrorismInequalityUnfairRepressionAssassinationEconomic InequalityHuman Rights Day Author:Pope Francis
“We must begin by acknowledging that there is a complete absence of two things in Indian Society. One of these is equality. On the social plane we have an India based on the principles of graded inequality, which means elevation for some and degradation for others. On the economic plane we have a society in which there are some who have immense wealth as against many who live in abject poverty.” MeanTwoSocialWealthPrinciplesPovertyEconomicIndiaAbsenceInequalityIndianPlanesTwo ThingsImmenseDegradationElevation Author:B. R. Ambedkar
“There's five factors or characteristics of places where kids from poor backgrounds don't do very well. And those are places that have more economic and racial segregation, places with more income inequality.” WellsKidsPoorFiveEconomicBackgroundsIncomeFactorsInequalityCharacteristicsSegregationIncome InequalityRacial SegregationPoor Background Author:Gwen Ifill
“Solving the population problem is not going to solve the problems of racism, of sexism, of religious intolerance, of war, of gross economic inequality. But if you don't solve the population problem, you're not going to solve any of those problems. Whatever problem you're interested in, you're not going to solve it unless you also solve the population problem. Whatever your cause, it's a lost cause without population control.” IfsWarProblemLostCausesReligiousEconomicRacismPopulationSolveInequalitySexismIntoleranceGrossReligious IntoleranceEconomic InequalityOverpopulationPopulation ControlLost CausePopulation Problem Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“These economic, social, cultural and educational causes of opportunity inequality are complex. And they will not be solved by continuing with the same stale Washington ideas. Five decades and trillions of dollars after President Johnson waged his War on Poverty, the results of this big-government approach are in.” IdeasWarBigsGovernmentOpportunitySocialCausesPresidentResultsPovertyFiveEconomicApproachDollarsComplexesEducationalDecadesInequalityContinuingJohnsonStaleBig GovernmentWar On PovertyPresident Johnson Author:Marco Rubio
“The devastation of neoliberalism is so multi-fold, whether it's violence against women or desperate economic inequality or the destruction of the planet.” ViolenceEconomicPlanetsDestructionInequalityDesperateFoldsViolence Against WomenDevastationNeoliberalismEconomic Inequality Author:Eve Ensler
“Schools, the institutions traditionally called upon to correct social inequality, are unsuited to the task; without economic opportunity to follow educational opportunity, the myth of equality can never become real. Far more than a hollow promise of future opportunity for their children, parents need jobs, income, and services. And children whose backgrounds have stunted their sense of the future need to be taught by example that they are good for more than they dared dream.” NeedsChildrenRealDreamSchoolJobsOpportunitySocialParentEconomicExampleTaughtPromiseTasksInstitutionsEducationalMythBackgroundsIncomeInequalityHollowSocial Inequality Book:All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure Source: All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure
“We work harder and we earn less. Income inequality is at the highest point in over a century. While American capitalism never guaranteed success, it did guarantee opportunity, for too many, the dream of economic mobility has been replaced with a nightmare of economic stagnation.” Has BeensDreamSuccessOpportunityEconomicCenturyHard WorkHighestCapitalismHarderIncomeInequalityGuaranteesNightmareReplacedWork HarderStagnationMobilityIncome InequalityAmerican Capitalism Author:Mario Cuomo
“A two-parent family based on love and commitment can be a wonderful thing, but historically speaking the "two-parent paradigm" has left an extraordinary amount of room for economic inequality, violence and male dominance.” TwoLeftParentRoomsViolenceWonderfulEconomicAmountCommitmentExtraordinaryMalesInequalityWonderful ThingsParadigmDominanceEconomic InequalityMale DominanceLove And Commitment Author:Stephanie Coontz
“We must fight inequality and poverty if we want to re-establish peace and security. Seven million Mexicans live in extreme poverty, which is why I have launched a crusade against hunger. We also have to improve our educational system and stimulate economic growth.” IfsWantFightingGrowthPovertyMillionsEconomicSecuritySevenHungerEducationalExtremesInequalityEconomic GrowthCrusadesEducational SystemExtreme PovertyPeace And Security Author:Enrique Pena Nieto
“One of the saddest aspects for me about filming in South Africa was that the real inequalities are still very much in place - and those are economic inequalities.” StillsRealEconomicAspectSouthInequalitySouth AfricaSaddestEconomic Inequality Author:Naomie Harris
“There must be an end to white monopoly on political power, and a fundamental restructuring of our political and economic systems to ensure that the inequalities of apartheid are addressed and our society thoroughly democratized.” EndsPoliticalWhiteEconomicFundamentalsInequalityOur SocietyMonopolyApartheidPolitical PowerEconomic SystemsRestructuring Author:Nelson Mandela
“Today, the top one-tenth of 1% owns nearly as much wealth as the bottom 90%. The economic game is rigged, and this level of inequality is unsustainable. We need an economy that works for all, not just the powerful.” NeedsTodayGamesWealthLevelsPowerfulEconomyEconomicBottomInequalityRigged Author:Bernie Sanders
“The growing inequality of wealth and income distribution is both a moral and economic problem. If the wealthy are unwilling to pay more taxes, then this is going to lead to spending cuts. And if you put off the table things like national defense, then you're going to end up cutting more and more out of programs that aid the poor. So, I think there are consequences to this idea that tolerance for inequality requires us to - to just do nothing to make the wealthy contribute a higher share of resources to fund the government.” IfsThinkingIdeasEndsProblemGovernmentWealthPoorPayMoralCuttingGrowingShareEconomicHigherTaxesConsequenceResourcesProgramTablesSpendingDefenseAidsToleranceIncomeInequalityFundWealthyDistributionUnwillingNational DefenseEconomic ProblemsSpending CutsIncome Distribution Author:Bruce Bartlett
“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
“I spent a lot of time developing in books why worshipping separately actually impacts inequality, economic, social, on and on. So I really do believe there are huge advantages to being together even though it's difficult, even though we have a lot to learn.” BelieveBookTogetherSocialDifficultEconomicHugeAdvantageImpactInequalityDevelopingBeing Together Author:Michael Emerson
“When the wilderness movement emerged, it emerged separate from the issue of social inequality and the economic problems of survival. It was a preservationist ecology movement created by an occupying culture. Clearly, a wilderness movement started by Native Americans would not have had the same roots.” ProblemCultureSocialIssuesEconomicMovementSurvivalRootsInequalityNativeWildernessNative AmericanEcologyEconomic ProblemsSocial Inequality Author:Vandana Shiva
“If we don't rebuild that connection with people we will really find even bigger gaps, because our gap on inequality is not just economic.” PeopleIfsEconomicConnectionsBiggerInequalityGaps Author:Hillary Clinton
“American social arrangements, economic arrangements, the degree of inequality in American life, the relatively small role played by the government in American public life and so forth, compares to exactly the opposite conditions in most of the European societies.” GovernmentSocialRolesEconomicConditionsDegreesOppositesInequalityCompareArrangementsPublic LifeAmerican LifeSmall Roles Author:Tony Judt
“I think the stress on income inequality is something that every American should take seriously, we have got to figure out how we're going to provide more economic opportunity - good jobs with rising incomes - and I'm excited to work with Senator Sanders in doing that.” ThinkingShouldJobsOpportunityEconomicFiguresStressExcitedIncomeInequalityRisingSenatorsGood JobIncome Inequality Author:Hillary Clinton