The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class

This more relevant today than it was when spoken. Enjoy.

The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class: Higher Risks, Lower Rewards, and a Shrinking Safety Net

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.

Notice that this lecture took place before the credit crisis and global financial meltdown of 2008.

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