Quotes About Inequality

One thing's sure and nothing's surer The rich get richer and the poor get—children.

Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.

Wann immer du an jemandem etwas auszusetzen hast, sagte er, vergiss nicht, dass nicht alle auf dieser Welt einen so leichten Start hatten wie du.

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.

Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had

one thing's sure and nothings' surer the rich get richer and the poor get -children In the meantime In between time

I believe poor people are good people, except the ones that are mean . . .

I believe poor people are good people, except the ones that are mean Ã¢â'¬Â¦ and they'd be mean even if they were rich.

Questa era Slagtown un sabato sera qualunque, e a un isolato da lì la Birmingham dei bianchi fingeva d'ignorarne l'esistenza.

The education system is an increasingly powerful mechanism for the intergenerational reproduction of privilege.

The basic problem for American workers of all ages has been that their hours and productivity keep rising but their wages do not.

Eisenhower spoke in language that few left-wing peaceniks would dare to employ today. "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed

In Bangladesh, there are fewer than eight hospital beds for every 10,000 people, a quarter the capacity in the United States and an eighth the capacity in the European Union.

Newborns in Chicago's majority-White, upscale Streeterville neighborhood can expect, on average, to live to be ninety years old. That is three decades more than those born in Englewood, a predominantly African American neighborhood to the south.

Various studies estimate that somewhere between 70 million and 430 million people will be pushed back into extreme poverty over the next few years. The most essential inequality—between the very richest and the poorest humans on the planet—is now growing again and at a rapid rate.

No wonder the report found that minorities made up 37% of the US labor force in February 2020 but accounted for 58% of the newly unemployed by mid-March.)

The Fed's action is, as the saying goes, socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor.

The top 10% of America owns almost 70% of the total wealth of the country—from houses and cars to stocks and bonds—while the bottom 50% own just 1.5%

Historically the lesson is clear: if growing inequalities are not addressed by reforms, revolution might follow.

If money can buy a better house or car or even a yacht, that's one thing. But if it can buy citizenship, special access to public spaces, preferential treatment at colleges, and favors from politicians, it becomes a corrupting and corroding force.

When markets shower you with cash, you consider it your just rewards, but when they withdraw their blessings, you holler that the game is rigged.

The highly unequal access to health care is part of a larger dynamic of a "pay-to-play" society, in which everything has become dominated by the market. Hospital executives and university presidents are seen not as societal leaders but as CEOs, and are paid to behave like them as well.

America is a messy, ragged, unequal country with dramatic strengths and weaknesses. It could be better governed and more equitable, but it remains incredibly strong, at least as measured by traditional metrics of power. What has shifted noticeably in recent years is America's "soft power"—often defined as its appeal, example, and capacity to set the agenda.

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed," he said.