Economic Gap Quotes

The reality is that not only were we massively hit in 2008 when the bubble burst, and then we realized how deep the social gap, the economic gap in the world is between the super rich and the poor; also, we realized how impacted the environment has been. So there's been a physical consequence of that.

Obama's economic policies widened the gap between the rich and the poor.

That difference between the rich and poor is growing every month.

The world is hugely unequal.

I don't really care much about what the top one per cent earn. The gap we ought to care about in wealth is between the middle and the bottom.

When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas.

Reducing the economic gap may be impossible without also addressing the gap in empathy.

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As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor.

If we don't rebuild that connection with people we will really find even bigger gaps, because our gap on inequality is not just economic.

The poorest people are so incredibly poor, and the rich are so incredibly rich on the other side. That is a kind of fascination.

There's a wealth gap that is happening, and that is all over the world, you know? The rich are getting richer and holding a higher percentage of money or wealth that's out there.

Almost 70 percent of the income gains of the country have gone to the top 1 percent.

I grew up in the Middle East, and I worry that AI increases the socioeconomic divide as opposed to closing the gap.

If we wait until income inequality is much more severe, we will have a whole class of new superrich who will probably feel entitled to their wealth and will have the means to defend their interest. That's already gone far enough. We shouldn't let it become more extreme.

What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black middle class and the increasing numbers of black people who are more impoverished than ever before.

The developing world voice can be amplified enormously by support from the wealthy and the privileged, otherwise it's very likely to be marginalized.

Ten years ago U.S. defence investment represented almost half of all defence expenditure in the whole alliance. Today it is 75%. This increasing economic gap may also lead to an increasing technology gap which will almost hamper the inter-operability between our forces.

The great question for our time is, how to make sure that the continuing scientific revolution brings benefits to everybody rather than widening the gap between rich and poor. To lift up poor countries, and poor people in rich countries, from poverty, to give them a chance of a decent life, technology is not enough. Technology must be guided and driven by ethics if it is to do more than provide new toys for the rich.

Climate change is a huge problem, an almost insoluble problem, for two reasons. One is the habits of the West in terms of consumption. The other is the incredible iniquity between poor countries and rich countries on this planet.

He isn’t like us Low. You know that right.” I knew what Cage was saying. Marcus was out of my league. He didn’t want me thinking there could ever be anything between me and his roommate. I was low class. Marcus was a rich kid. “I’m not stupid Cage.

You go to Europe, and they have their very wealthy elites, and then everybody else is, you know, a couple of steps above a peasant, basically.

Large companies everywhere tend to be more productive than small ones. But the gap in productivity is far wider in developing countries.

Differences in homeownership rates remain the prime driver of the nation's racial wealth gap.