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The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class
UC Berkeley Graduate Council Lectures ^ | 6/2007 | Elizabeth Warren

Posted on 05/06/2016 7:06:55 PM PDT by thoughtomator

Distinguished law scholar Elizabeth Warren teaches contract law, bankruptcy, and commercial law at Harvard Law School. She is an outspoken critic of America's credit economy, which she has linked to the continuing rise in bankruptcy among the middle-class. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Council Lectures" [6/2007] [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 12620]


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; clowardpiven; economy; elizabethwarren; middleclass; porkulus; warren
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To: thoughtomator

Yes she did. Most liberals do not know of her argument in that regard.


21 posted on 05/06/2016 7:39:33 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: thoughtomator
If we want to talk root causes we can look to things like...

Agree, wholeheartedly.


22 posted on 05/06/2016 7:44:40 PM PDT by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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To: StCloudMoose

Can you understand why I might be a bit annoyed when I put in all caps at the very top “WATCH BEFORE YOU REACT” for a 45-minute video, only to have someone react in minutes with a statement that clearly demonstrates the video was not watched even in part?

This material is very important in a number of ways and you would benefit from lending it your ear.


24 posted on 05/06/2016 7:57:48 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: deweyfrank

Later


25 posted on 05/06/2016 8:16:15 PM PDT by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect)
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To: deweyfrank

Is this Pocahontas?


26 posted on 05/06/2016 8:32:32 PM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: thoughtomator

Thank you. Mothers poured into the work force. Many books written about this. Berkeley videos are excellent.

Problem: broken families, few stay at home moms, stagnant wages for men and low marriage rates.
Solution: Lower taxes and regulations. Simple in theory, impossible in practice. Selfish politicians do not care about broken families.


27 posted on 05/06/2016 8:37:38 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

Nope


28 posted on 05/06/2016 8:46:10 PM PDT by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

the leftists know one thing...most people do not want to work...most want money for nothing....whether it be welfare, disability, or a fat govt pension, that is what they want...not work..


29 posted on 05/06/2016 10:11:32 PM PDT by cherry
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To: thoughtomator

Warren is right on a lot of facts surrounding the corrupt state of affairs that is destroying Americans and the middle class in particlar. She, Sanders and Chomsky line up pretty close on getting that part right, BUT they fail in the solution; bigger big govt, more regulations, higher taxes and socialism is worse.

We need to go after the corrupt cronyism that exists because our politician are bought and paid for. End the corruption in the system so there can be a true free market economy, not socialism which has already done much damage to this country.


30 posted on 05/06/2016 11:15:44 PM PDT by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I listened to a lecture quite a few years ago by Warren. I was impressed, very impressed. Intelligent, creative, well-spoken, even compassionate. I thought she was a conservative/populist. Quite a monstrous change.


32 posted on 05/07/2016 12:33:57 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Falconspeed

Children not raised by parents as well.


33 posted on 05/07/2016 7:31:31 PM PDT by CottonBall
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To: thoughtomator
Feminism. When you effectively double the labor pool without doubling the number of available jobs, you will necessarily increase the pressure on wages downward. Eventually wages stagnate while the number of employees increases, improving productivity. Win win for companies.

Now if there was only a way to further increase wage pressure, maybe by introducing folks overseas, satisfied to make only 5% of the prevailing US wage to the employment rolls. If only we could employ children and befoul the environment without violating EPA regulations.

34 posted on 05/07/2016 8:00:08 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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