It's important to realize that innovation and growth in itself are not sufficient to moderate inequality of wealth.

Democracy will never be supplanted by a republic of experts—and that is a very good thing.

When inequality gets to an extreme, it is completely useless for growth.

It's important to realize that innovation and growth in itself are not sufficient to moderate inequality of wealth.

Our modern democratic ideal is based on the hope that inequalities will be based on merit more than inheritance or luck.

No hypocrisy is too great when economic and financial elites are obliged to defend their interest.

Indeed, the distribution of wealth is too important an issue to be left to economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers.