Posts tagged "inequality"

Apr 04
Inequality US United States Politics Quotes

When you look at the sheer volume of wealth controlled by the top 1 percent in this country, it’s tempting to see our growing inequality as a quintessentially American achievement—we started way behind the pack, but now we’re doing inequality on a world-class level.
Joseph E. Stiglitz

(Source: vanityfair.com)


Nov 10
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Quotes OWS Economy inequality

Between 1947 and 1979, productivity in the US rose by 119%, while the income of the bottom fifth of the population rose by 122%. But from 1979 to 2009, productivity rose by 80%, while the income of the bottom fifth fell by 4%. In roughly the same period, the income of the top 1% rose by 270%.
George Monbiot, The Guardian

(Source: Guardian)


Dec 17
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Quotes famine inequality

Famine is the characteristic of some people not having enough food to eat. It is not the characteristic of there not being enough food to eat.
Amartya Sen (via mrmensch)

(Source: webforager)


Jan 27
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Quotes Amartya Sen inequality society

There is much evidence in history that acute inequalities often survive precisely by making allies out of the deprived. The underdog comes to accept the legitimacy of the unequal order and becomes an implicit accomplice.
Amartya Sen  (via vurge)