Iuri Colares

“South Africa, Brazil, and the Middle East stand at the frontier of modern inequality, with top decile shares of 55–65 percent.”
― Thomas Piketty, Capital and Ideology

“Alternation between parties is normal in a democracy, and these Democratic victories were in part a consequence of the voters’ natural fatigue with the Republicans, who had also been tarnished by various financial scandals, as often happens to parties in power.”
― Thomas Piketty, Capital and Ideology

“inequality in these regions has always been high: they never experienced a relatively egalitarian “social-democratic” phase (much less a communist one).”
― Thomas Piketty, Capital and Ideology

“And I’m with Alan Greenspan, who—surprisingly, given his libertarian roots—has repeatedly warned that growing inequality poses a threat to “democratic society.” It may take some time before we muster the political will to counter that threat. But the first step toward doing something about inequality is to abandon the 80–20 fallacy. It’s time to face up to the fact that rising inequality is driven by the giant income gains of a tiny elite, not the modest gains of college graduates.”
― Paul Krugman, Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future