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The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class with Elizabeth Warren

University of California Television (UCTV) · 1.5M views · 2008-02-01 · 57:38

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Elizabeth Warren's 2007 Berkeley lecture, when she was a Harvard law professor, on why middle-class families are under growing financial strain. She draws on bankruptcy research to examine rising costs of housing, health care and education.

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HN cites it often in debates on inequality, cost disease and stagnant middle-class income, praising its data-driven approach.

Recommended by 10 HN people across 10 months · HN mentions 2008–2022

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hannibal5 · 2013-09 · Strong recommendation

Elizabeth Warren has answers: The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class with Elizabeth Warren [VIDEO] Everyone should watch the video. She answers for the question of having more cars etc.

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JackC · 2012-05 · Strong recommendation

This is a great point. Not to get political myself, but if you compare this talk to Elizabeth Warren's "The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class"[1] from a few years back, it's night and day. Before she made economic claims, she described her exhaustive process with government agencies to get reliable data; the ways she tested the data when it seemed implausible; the various theories she tested and rejected to explain the data ... it's gripping stuff, because she develops insights based on research and hard-nosed science. That's what TED should be about. [1] [VIDEO]

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karmelapple · 2022-07 · Recommendation

This talk by Elizabeth Warren, before she was a US Senator, talks a lot about this problem of essentials like housing, education, and healthcare going up much faster than, say, a new TV price: [VIDEO]

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