Max Weber Quotes

Economic chasm between people is something that is of interest to me. And something that I used to write about even as a child. It's something I've revisited a few times in my writings.

Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance themselves.

It's not my fault that there is this gap between rich and poor, it is the fault of governments. I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter.

Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level. That's the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system.

The association of poverty with progress is the enigma of our times.

Economic inequality is not about food stamps and homeless shelters. It is about being a devotee of social justice and equality.

There are too many who have not shared in the benefits of this economy.

While we have created prosperity for many, too many are being left behind.

I fall into the camp that income inequality is the biggest problem we face.

The income distribution system constructed in the 20th century has broken down, and it will not come back.

Take a walk around many of our cities and you will find areas of deprivation, high worklessness and educational failure only yards from areas of prosperity and employment.

The benefits of growth have not trickled down. Income inequalities have become one of the biggest global challenges, attracting growing attention not only in academic literature but also among policymakers globally.

There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor.

The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.

Disparity is Australia's worst social problem. Thousands of lives are slowly being crushed, while billions are wasted on thousands of little initiatives trying to 'close the gap.'

All the United States, it is a society that is split like to the bottom, that had very poor people in the country that is one of the wealthiest countries.

India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.

If war is the solution, why didn't Roosevelt declare war on poverty?

I think that there always have been and always will be at least two Americas - the poor America, the second America, tends to be in the shadows. Sometimes it's an America of people in a ghetto of color, sometimes it's an economic ghetto, but definitely there is a parallel America which people in the dominant America prefer to ignore if they can.

The causes of crime are very complicated. But there is a very big literature, as you know, about single parenthood in crime, about race in crime, and about poverty in crime.

Income inequity has to be addressed.

Greater inequality in Europe has made people less happy.

The rich stick together; the poor and the marginalised are thrown together.

'Peace Mom' is my most heartfelt, but I am most proud of 'Myth America' because I nailed the problem and gave the solutions long before the Occupy Movement. I think it's a great organic class analysis.

Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.