“Here are some things women can spend money on without being called out: items for their children or husband, or items that they will literally die without. Here are some things women will be shamed for spending money on: pretty much anything that is for their personal pleasure.”— Jennifer Wright, harpersbazaar.com
“The American dream is premised on the assumption that if you work hard, economic opportunity will present itself, and financial stability will follow, but the role of cultural and social capital in paving the road to wealth and fulfilment, or blocking it, may be just as important as economic capital…”— Nicole Aschoff, theguardian.com
“Wealth isn’t earned fresh in each new generation by plucky go-getters. It is passed down, preserved, and expanded through generous tax laws and the assiduous transmission of social and cultural capital.”— Nicole Aschoff, theguardian.com
“The rift between rich and poor is being driven deeper and the battle to control the world's resources intensifies. Economic colonialism through formal military aggression is staging a comeback.”— Arundhati Roy, amazon.com
“The world is made wrong; kings should go to school to their own laws, at times, and so learn mercy.”— Mark Twain, amazon.com