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Elizabeth Warren

    Diese Autorin untersucht kritisch die Ökonomie von Familien der Mittelklasse und taucht tief in die Feinheiten des Finanzsystems ein, um sich für mehr Transparenz und Rechenschaftspflicht einzusetzen. Ihre Arbeit analysiert die Auswirkungen von Finanzkrisen und schlägt Mechanismen zum Schutz der Verbraucher vor. Der Ansatz der Autorin ist analytisch und von dem Engagement geprägt, gerechtere Finanzvorschriften zu fördern. Sie erforscht die Auswirkungen von Politik auf alltägliche Bürger.

    A Fighting Chance: With a New Afterword
    The Two-Income Trap
    All Your Worth
    This Fight Is Our Fight
    Persist
    • Persist

      • 320 Seiten
      • 12 Lesestunden

      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
      4,4
    • This Fight Is Our Fight

      • 368 Seiten
      • 13 Lesestunden

      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
      4,3
    • All Your Worth

      • 304 Seiten
      • 11 Lesestunden

      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
      4,1
    • The Two-Income Trap

      Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke

      • 272 Seiten
      • 10 Lesestunden

      More than two decades ago, the women's movement opened workplace doors, sparking controversy but widely believed to enhance families' financial situations. However, this book reveals that today's middle-class parents face an unprecedented economic crisis. Despite two-income families earning 75% more than single-income households from a generation ago, they actually have less discretionary income after paying fixed monthly bills. Warren and Tyagi argue that the issue isn't "overconsumption," as some critics suggest, but rather a fierce competition for housing and education that has taken hold in America's suburbs. The shift of mothers into the workforce, once a source of financial security for families, has left them more vulnerable than ever. The authors contend that traditional solutions—such as child-support enforcement, subsidized daycare, and higher salaries for women—will not address the root of the problem. Instead, they propose innovative solutions, including rate caps on credit cards and open-access public schools, to restore financial security for the middle class.

      The Two-Income Trap
      3,9
    • <b></b> <b>A <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b> <b></b> <b>An unlikely political star tells the inspiring story of the two-decade journey that taught her how Washington really works—and really doesn't</b> <b></b> As a child in small-town Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren yearned to go to college and then become an elementary school teacher—an ambitious goal, given her family's modest means. Early marriage and motherhood seemed to put even that dream out of reach, but fifteen years later she was a distinguished law professor with a deep understanding of why people go bankrupt. Then came the phone call that changed her life: could she come to Washington DC to help advise Congress on rewriting the bankruptcy laws? Thus began an impolite education into the bare-knuckled, often dysfunctional ways of Washington. She fought for better bankruptcy laws for ten years and lost. She tried to hold the federal government accountable during the financial crisis but became a target of the big banks. She came up with the idea for a new agency designed to protect consumers from predatory bankers and was denied the opportunity to run it. Finally, at age 62, she decided to run for elective office and won the most competitive—and watched—Senate race in the country. In this passionate, funny, rabble-rousing book, Warren shows why she has chosen to fight tooth and nail for the middle class—and why she has become a hero to all those who believe that America's government can and must do better for working families.

      A Fighting Chance: With a New Afterword