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Developed World Quotes

Views on wealth, wages, and inequality worldwide

These developed world quotes weigh how much wealthy nations owe in resisting despotic leaders while addressing stagnant wages back about their own borders.

Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race.

Quotes by Tim Bishop

People at the very top of the income scale also benefited from globalization and automation. But the income of working- and middle-class people in the developed world has stagnated.

Quotes by Moshe Vardi

Inequality in the developed world fell for most of the 20th century; we can make it fall for most of the 21st century, too. But it won't happen without sustained pressure on politicians from electorates.

Quotes by John Lanchester

When you as a designer design something that burdens a community with maintenance and old world technology, basically failed developed world technology, then you will crush that community way beyond bad design; you'll destroy the economics of that community, and...

Quotes by Cameron Sinclair

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Engineers in the developed world should be arguing not for protectionism but for trade agreements that seek to establish rules that result in a real rise in living standards. This will ensure that outsourcing is a positive force in the...

Quotes by Brian Behlendorf

Listen carefully to the global warming alarmists, and the main theme that emerges is that what the developed world needs is a large dose of penance. What's remarkable is the extent to which penance sells among a mostly secular audience....

Quotes by Bret Stephens

I think most people in the developed world would admit to carrying some sort of handheld device, whether it's a laptop or a cell phone, at all times.

Quotes by Alexis Denisof

Much as Africa has leapfrogged straight to mobile phones, it has the opportunity to skip the dirty, grid-tied power plants that currently operate across the developed world and go straight to clean, distributed power.

Quotes by Alex Honnold

While the developed world has shifted from agriculture to manufacturing and then to services, the number of jobs has always climbed.

Quotes by Alain Dehaze

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Frequently Asked Questions

What issues do these developed world quotes raise?
They raise inequality, stagnant middle-class wages, globalization, and how wealthy nations should respond to despotic leaders.
Do the quotes blame globalization entirely?
Not entirely; one notes that top earners benefited from globalization while working- and middle-class wages stayed flat.
Is inequality described as a solvable problem?
Yes, one quote argues 20th-century inequality declined and could fall again in the 21st century with sustained political pressure.
Do any quotes discuss technology or design?
One quote criticizes designers who burden communities with outdated, high-maintenance developed-world technology.
Where can I read related quotes on wealth?
See our agriculture quotes page for more perspectives on resources and rural life connected to global development.

Others turn the lens toward design and technology, noting how tools built for the developed world can quietly burden the very agriculture communities meant to benefit.