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Elizabeth Warren

    This author critically examines the economics of middle-class families, delving into the intricacies of the financial system to advocate for greater transparency and accountability. Her work dissects the ramifications of financial crises, proposing mechanisms to protect consumers. The author's approach is analytical and driven by a commitment to fostering more equitable financial regulations. She explores the impact of policy on everyday citizens.

    The Two-Income Trap
    Pinkie Promises
    All Your Worth
    This Fight Is Our Fight
    Persist
    • Persist

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      4.4(2499)Add rating

      The inspiring, influential senator and bestselling author mixes vivid personal stories with a passionate plea for political transformation.Elizabeth Warren is a beacon for everyone who believes that real change can improve the lives of all Americans. Committed, fearless, and famously persistent, she brings her best game to every battle she wages.In Persist, Warren writes about six perspectives that have influenced her life and advocacy. She’s a mother who learned from wrenching personal experience why child care is so essential. She’s a teacher who has known since grade school the value of a good and affordable education. She’s a planner who understands that every complex problem requires a comprehensive response. She’s a fighter who discovered the hard way that nobody gives up power willingly. She’s a learner who thinks, listens, and works to fight racism in America. And she’s a woman who has proven over and over that women are just as capable as men.Candid and compelling, Persist is both a deeply personal book and a powerful call to action. Elizabeth Warren―one of our nation’s most visionary leaders―will inspire everyone to believe that if we’re willing to fight for it, profound change is well within our reach.

      Persist
    • From Roosevelt's New Deal through to President Trump's phoney promises, this is a sharp critique of how big corporations and financial institutions overpowered the interests of poor, lower-income and middle-class people

      This Fight Is Our Fight
    • All Your Worth

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      4.1(1917)Add rating

      Offers effective strategies to help people get out of debt, pay the bills, and start saving money every month, with step-by-step instructions to help people overcome their money problems

      All Your Worth
    • Pinkie Promises

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading
      3.7(155)Add rating

      Polly knows she's strong and capable. But whenever she offers to help her uncle or brother or neighbor, they tell her: "That's not what girls do."Then one day, Polly goes to a rally to meet a woman who's running for president, and they make a pinkie promise to remember all the things that girls do. Polly carries that promise with her at school, onto the soccer field, and even into an election for Class President! This inspiring story will encourage young readers to dream big.

      Pinkie Promises
    • The Two-Income Trap

      Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      More than two decades ago, the women's movement flung open the doors of the workplace. Although this social revolution created a firestorm of controversy, no one questioned the idea that women's involvement in the workforce was certain to improve families' financial lot. Until now.In this brilliantly argued book, Harvard Law School bankruptcy expert Elizabeth Warren and business consultant Amelia Tyagi show that today's middle-class parents are suffering from an unprecedented and totally unexpected economic meltdown. Astonishingly, sending mothers to work has made families more vulnerable than ever before. Today's two-income family earns 75% more money than its single-income counterpart of a generation ago, but actually has less discretionary income once their fixed monthly bills are paid.How did this happen? Warren and Tyagi provide convincing evidence that the culprit is not "overconsumption," as many critics have charged. Instead, they point to the ferocious bidding war for housing and education that has quietly engulfed America's suburbs. Stay-at-home mothers once provided a financial safety net if disaster struck; their move into the workforce has left today's families chillingly at risk. The authors show why the usual remedies--child-support enforcement, subsidized daycare, and higher salaries for women--won't solve the problem, and propose a set of innovative solutions, from rate caps on credit cards to open-access public schools, to restore security to the middle class.

      The Two-Income Trap