When she was 16, my grandmother, Hannie Reed, drove a wagon in the Oklahoma land rush.
From Elizabeth Warren
Bankruptcy exposes the economic vulnerability and insecurity of middle class women.
The women who file for bankruptcy played by all the rules, but they are still in economic freefall.
For many women, the on-time payments of domestic support obligations are essential to economic survival.
Most women file for bankruptcy in the aftermath of a serious medical problem, a job loss, or a family break up. It is hard to protect against those.
Consumer banking - selling debt to middle class families - has been a gold mine.
Pundits talk about 'populist rage' as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class.
With the right sources of funding and some smart, strategic thinking about how to force non-banks to follow the same rules as other lenders, the entire landscape of consumer lending would change.
When billionaire car dealers or manufacturers pay for ambassadorships, at least they pay with money earned by selling something of value.
I made it real clear to the business community - if your plan for innovation is to trick people, is to fool them, is not to tell them the truth about the price, then you're right: I'm going to be right in the way.
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