“Over the past few years, the Supreme Court was six times more likely to accept cases from an elite group of 66 lawyers than it was from more than 99 percent of those who petitioned the court. That's the finding of a recent Reuters special report called "The Echo Chamber." It illustrates how almost half the appeals accepted by the court over a nine-year period came from this cadre of elite lawyers--many of whom have personal connections to the nine justices.” YearsPastJusticeHalfAcceptingCasesGroupsSpecialPeriodsSixFindingsPercentConnectionsCourtLawyerAcceptedSupremeNineAppealsReportsElitesEchoesSupreme CourtChamberOver The PastNine YearsPersonal ConnectionCadre Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“I think it's true that the 1 Percent or the elite are living in a world of, maybe, excessive privilege, and they don't fully realize how much pain and suffering, how much anxiety exists out there.” ThinkingWorldPainSufferingRealizingAnxietyPercentPrivilegeElitesPain And Suffering Author:Nouriel Roubini
“If zero percent of the elites support something, very low chance it's going to pass, if 100% support something, very high chance it's going to pass. Same thing for organized interest groups. But for the average voter, it's a flat line. Which says it doesn't matter whether zero percent of the public believes something or 100% of the average voters believe something - it doesn't affect the probability that that thing will be enacted.” IfsBelieveMatterInterestLinesChanceSupportGroupsLowsPercentAverageOrganizedFlatsZeroVotersElitesProbabilityInterest Groups Author:Lawrence Lessig
“In a poll taken in 1998, only 7 percent of the members of the US National Academy of Sciences, the elite of American scientists, said they believed in a personal god.” SaidTakenMembersPercentScientistElitesPollsAcademy Book:God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist Source: God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist
“The Bank and the media continue to propagate the story that the global elite wishes to be told: that the number of poor has declined by 24 percent in those 15 years [1990-2005].” YearsStoriesWishPoorNumbersMediaPercentElites Author:Thomas Pogge