“If ever America undergoes great revolutions, they will be brought about by the presence of the black race on the soil of the United States - that is to say, they will owe their origin not to the equality but to the inequality of conditions.” IfsStatesWisdomAmericaPoliticsBlackUnitedRaceUnited StatesEconomyConditionsRevolutionInequalitySoilLiberalismBlack Race Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“Angus Deaton has written a wonderful book, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality. . . . Deaton's book is a magisterial overview of health, income, and wealth from the industrial revolution to the present, taking in countries poor and rich. Not just jargon-free but equation-free, the book is written with a beautifully lucid style. . . . [P]owerfully argued and convincing.” BookCountryWealthPoorRichWonderfulWrittenStyleRevolutionIncomeInequalityEquationsConvincingIndustrial RevolutionJargonHealth WealthOverviewGreat Escape Author:Michael Marmot
“A woman's work, from the time she gets up to the time she goes to bed, is as hard as a day at war, worse than a man's working day. ... To men, women's work was like the rain-bringing clouds, or the rain itself. The task involved was carried out every day as regularly as sleep. So men were happy - men in the Middle Ages, men at the time of the Revolution, and men in 1986: everything in the garden was lovely.” MenWarHardAgeWomenSleepMiddleRevolutionInvolvedBedRainGardenTasksCloudsLovelyGet UpInequalitySexismMiddle AgesMen WomenHappy Man Author:Marguerite Duras
“The Internet is the great equalizer.The technology which emanated from the Silicon Valley of California has more potential to ameliorate social inequality than any development in the history of the world, including the industrial revolution.” WorldSocialTechnologyRevolutionDevelopmentInternetIncludingSocial MediaInequalityCaliforniaValleysWorld HistorySiliconSilicon ValleyIndustrial RevolutionEqualizerSocial Inequality Author:Benazir Bhutto
“The quintessential revolution is that of spirit. Without this, the forces which produce the inequalities of the old order will continue to operate.” SpiritOrderForceProduceRevolutionInequalityQuintessential Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“How many really great writers are there who are totally non-political? You can hear the French Revolution in the poetry of [Percy Bysshe] Shelly and [John] Wordsworth; you can sense the vast inequalities of Tsarist Russia in [Anton] Chekhov and [Lev] Tolstoy.” PoliticalRevolutionRussiaInequalityReally GreatGreat WritersFrench RevolutionChekhovWordsworthNon PoliticalLev Tolstoy Author:Adam Hochschild