The more I've been able to learn about gay rights and equal pay and gender equity and racial inequality, the more that it all intersects. You can't really pick it apart. It's all intertwined.
Megan Rapinoe
LearnGenderYouGayInequalityPay
It is true that globalization has fueled greater income inequality. But much of this increase should be welcomed, not condemned. There is nothing inherently bad about inequality. Whether it is bad depends on how it comes about and what it does.
Angus Deaton
GlobalizationBadInequalityTrue
I'm very keen that we have this debate about the good parts of inequality and the bad parts of inequality. It's not a one-sided thing.
GoodBadInequalityDebateOne-Sided
In middle-income countries, inequality becomes a problem because you can see there is a layer of people who are doing well, while the poor are still stuck there. We have 300 million poor in India.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
PeopleProblemDoingYouInequality
We need to see the FLSA and the minimum wage as part of a larger struggle to cut poverty and to address the challenge of income inequality.
Tom Perez
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I was very unhappy at one point and dealt with my unhappiness by hitting people.
Michaela Coel
InequalityStartsWomb
An important factor influencing intergenerational mobility and trends in inequality over time is economic opportunity.
Janet Yellen
OpportunityTimeInequalityImportant
High levels of inequality generate high costs for society, dampening social mobility, undermining the labour market prospects of vulnerable social groups, and creating social unrest.
Jose Angel Gurria
SocietyInequalityCreatingHigh
Until affirmative action is described and understood as one mechanism by which to make amends for historical wrongdoing against members of marginalized communities, it will fail to meaningfully address the inequality that exists as a direct result of federal policy.
Clint Smith
ActionResultInequalityWillFail
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
Aristotle
EqualityInequalityWorstTryEqual
Global growth and development that is strong, sustainable, and inclusive requires the challenges of inequality to be met head-on.
Winnie Byanyima
GrowthChallengesStrongInequality
Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by the strong. Communism is exploitation of the strong by the weak.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
CommunismStrongInequalityWeak
If the impoverishment and community fragmentation continue, it is not a stretch to predict urban wars sparked by inequality, unemployment, and the breakdown of dialogue between leaders and citizens.
Sharan Burrow
CommunityInequalityPredictDialogue
I think inequality is fine, as long as it is in the common interest. The problem is when it gets so extreme, when it becomes excessive.
Thomas Piketty
ThinkProblemLongInequalityFine
Inequality doesn't create unhappiness.
Timothy Noah
InequalityCreateUnhappiness
Inequality brings a visceral reaction. We fought many years to bring others to believe in what was possible with women's soccer, in this country and globally. Now that the possible is being realized in this country, the American women should be compensated accordingly.
Julie Foudy
WomenBelieveAmericanInequality
I fall into the camp that income inequality is the biggest problem we face.
Gina Raimondo
FaceProblemFallInequalityIncome
The Savior has suffered not just for our iniquities but also for the inequality, the unfairness, the pain, the anguish, and the emotional distresses that so frequently beset us.
David A. Bednar
PainInequalityEmotionalUsJust
Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive.
Paul Ryan
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I get asked to comment a lot on inequality in cycling, but for me it has never been an issue. Everything has always been equal on the track, and the male and female riders are all part of the same team, and we all mix freely.
Laura Trott
MeTeamInequalityNeverEverything
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