Video of Senator Warren’s speech at New America’s
Here is the video of Senator Warren at the New America’s open market’s program event. There are other videos from the event at this link.
Relevant and even prescient commentary on news, politics and the economy.
Warren’s entire book, The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class, in one 40 minute talk — she starts at 4:45:
http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2008/04/the-coming-coll.html
Haven’t watched the above yet (may not, so commenting now). Almost guaranteed she wont touch on our economy’s pathologically low union density as what makes the problem she worries over today possible — in the first place.
For the most part, I think she’s spot-on — except for the airlines.
Yes, airlines had record profits last year — over 10% profit margins. But that was one year only. For the most part, airline profit margins have been perennially below other industries.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/business/energy-environment/airlines-reap-record-profits-and-passengers-get-peanuts.html?_r=0