We cannot go on, as we have gone on for more than half a century, with one great section of our population … set off from the real contribution to solving national issues because of a division of race lines …
Massive inequality, we have learned, isn't the best way to run an economy after all. And when you think about it, it's also profoundly ugly.
I think the biggest single issue is income inequity and what this is doing to the good old "American dream." This and corporatism - this delusional idea that "shareholder value" outweighs everything else.
You need to look at inequality as a typical condition of modern society.
For the Sanders supporters, there's a thought that the people who are well off are doing really great, and the system is systematically unfair, and that's a very deeply felt and serious objection to the current situation.
Economic inequality is not about food stamps and homeless shelters. It is about being a devotee of social justice and equality.
Government doesn't have to be the enemy, but too much government has produced a new kind of inequality in America: opportunity inequality.
Africa's young population could be a huge economic asset if inequality were addressed.
We have not been energetic enough - white people haven't - in pursuing racial equity.
