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This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class Hardcover – April 18, 2017
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#1 New York Times bestseller
The fiery U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and bestselling author offers a passionate, inspiring book about why our middle class is under siege and how we can win the fight to save it
Senator Elizabeth Warren has long been an outspoken champion of America’s middle class, and by the time the people of Massachusetts elected her in 2012, she had become one of the country’s leading progressive voices. Now, at a perilous moment for our nation, she has written a book that is at once an illuminating account of how we built the strongest middle class in history, a scathing indictment of those who have spent the past thirty-five years undermining working families, and a rousing call to action.
Warren grew up in Oklahoma, and she’s never forgotten how difficult it was for her mother and father to hold on at the ragged edge of the middle class. An educational system that offered opportunities for all made it possible for her to achieve her dream of going to college, becoming a teacher, and, later, attending law school. But now, for many, these kinds of opportunities are gone, and a government that once looked out for working families is instead captive to the rich and powerful. Seventy-five years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt and his New Deal ushered in an age of widespread prosperity; in the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan reversed course and sold the country on the disastrous fiction called trickle-down economics. Now, with the election of Donald Trump--a con artist who promised to drain the swamp of special interests and then surrounded himself with billionaires and lobbyists--the middle class is being pushed ever closer to collapse.
Written in the candid, high-spirited voice that is Warren’s trademark, This Fight Is Our Fight tells eye-opening stories about her battles in the Senate and vividly describes the experiences of hard-working Americans who have too often been given the short end of the stick. Elizabeth Warren has had enough of phony promises and a government that no longer serves its people--she won’t sit down, she won’t be silenced, and she will fight back.
- Print length352 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherMetropolitan Books
- Publication dateApril 18, 2017
- Dimensions6.46 x 1.16 x 9.58 inches
- ISBN-101250120616
- ISBN-13978-1250120618
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“This Fight Is Our Fight is a smart, tough-minded book....What Democrats need right now is a reason to keep fighting. And that’s something Warren’s muscular, unapologetic book definitely offers. It’s an important contribution.” ―Paul Krugman, The New York Times Book Review
"This Fight Is Our Fight provides an insider’s look at the machinations that are undermining the U.S. economy and political system. Warren spells out what is happening and what needs to be done to reverse the slide....Warren is outspoken, personable, emphatic, dedicated....It is unusual for any politician to be so open." ―New York Journal of Books
"Girded for battle, the senior senator from Massachusetts forcefully lays out the bleak picture of an American government increasingly controlled by corporate greed and special interests....The author sounds the alarm that an oligarchy is in the making, and her urgency is palpable and necessary. Inspiring words to empower Warren's marching army."―Kirkus Reviews(starred review)
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- Publisher : Metropolitan Books
- Publication date : April 18, 2017
- Edition : First Edition
- Language : English
- Print length : 352 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1250120616
- ISBN-13 : 978-1250120618
- Item Weight : 1.33 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.46 x 1.16 x 9.58 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,310,190 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #158 in U.S.Congresses, Senates & Legislative
- #489 in Political Parties (Books)
- #2,606 in Political Leader Biographies
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Elizabeth Warren, the widely admired former presidential candidate and a longtime champion of working families and the middle class, is the senior senator from Massachusetts. A former Harvard Law School professor, she is the author of twelve books, including A Fighting Chance and This Fight Is Our Fight, both of which were national bestsellers. The mother of two and grandmother of three, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband, Bruce Mann, and their golden retriever, Bailey.
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2017Format: KindleVerified PurchaseFrom the daily consumption of the news over the years, I have become aware of the deterioration of the middle class. What I was not aware of (and I would bet most people are not aware of this) is just what the instigating factors were. How did this all happen? It certainly didn’t happen overnight. This has been a process decades in the making.
Warren begins by recalling her own childhood, and how her mother’s job at Sears could actually sustain a family back in the 60’s. A startling fact is that the minimum wage today, adjusted for inflation, is around 24 percent lower than back then. We learn about some real life examples of people who struggled to survive, but the system is rigged against them. Three factors are identified that will allow people to succeed in society: is the economy producing opportunities for all, is it producing security so people are not bankrupted by illness or accident, and is it delivering on the promise of a better future. The author notes that our current economy is failing on all counts.
In chapter two, we are given a history lesson on how this country developed a safer economy. It starts with the depression and FDR’s New Deal that provided things like FDIC insurance, broke up big banks, and put a cop on Wall Street. Of course, this caused an outrage among the wealthy who liked things just the way they were. These protections for the “people” ran into trouble in 1971 when a lawyer named Lewis Powell wrote a thirty-three page letter for the CEO crowd arguing that the entire free-enterprise system was under attack, and the super rich must fight back! The wealthy wanted to return America back to the pro-corporate, mostly unregulated government that existed prior to the Great Depression. Yikes! Do we have to ask why? From the 1980s onward deregulation and trickle-down economics became the mantra in conservative circles. Now the author points out, government was the enemy, not corporations. Deregulation had a price that was paid to the tune of $132 billion; remember the S&L crisis? By 1999, the last provisions of Glass-Steagall were repealed, and this resulted in big banks growing into giant banks and giant banks growing into monster banks. Few banks controlled more and more of the market. By 2008, the economic crash that year was to cost the economy an estimated $22 trillion.
In chapter three, Warren explains to us how from the 30’s to the 70’s America actually invested in expanding chances for the middle class. In fact, from 1935 to 1980, 90 percent of America got 70 percent of all income growth – that’s everyone outside the top 10 percent. Wow! This is an incredible tidbit of information, most people are unaware of. But it all changed around 1980. From this time on, we see a steady increase in the GDP. What changed is who the economy worked for. Now read the next sentence carefully. “From 1980 to 2015, 90 percent of America – everyone outside the top 10 percent – got almost nothing. Not even 1 percent.” What a reversal! Many other topics are covered in this chapter as well, such as the student loan debt, infrastructure spending, how more than half of federal investment in research has been cut since the 1960s, the decline in union membership, and more.
Chapter four delves into the machinations of the rich and powerful. We are informed of the attack on Dodd-Frank, the Affordable Care Act, and other institutions designed to protect Americans. And now with the new administration as of 2017, we see billionaires in charge of deciding the fate of the relatively poor middle class. And it’s not just the billionaires in office, but the billionaires who hold those in Congress accountable to their wishes. An interesting statistic, Warren notes is that members of Congress spend between 30 to 70 percent of their time raising money from those who have it to give. Today, it’s as if “there’s a shadow government that’s been hired by rich and powerful people to make sure that the elected government doesn’t get out of line.” This chapter contains a wealth of information on how the wealthy and big business operate to achieve there ends. Warren sums it up saying, I’ve done my best to make a case that the rich and powerful have a well-stocked armory for seizing control of our democracy – and that they are already using it very effectively.”
The final chapter concludes with the 2016 election and its ramifications for the middle class. She notes that we need to be clear about where we stand and our core principles and what’s worth fighting for. I have to agree with the author when she emphasizes, “We have to believe in ourselves, in our cause, and in our absolute, unwavering willingness to get in there and fight.” So then, “This fight is our fight.”
- Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2017Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseReturning with her second book in office, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s “This Fight Is Our Fight” is a razor-sharp critique of the policy choices – wrought by corporate influence and dark money -- that have imperiled the economic security of America’s middle class. One of the book’s great strengths is that Warren doesn’t focus only on one or two issues, but rather tackles numerous poor policy choices that have led to this moment: a failure to enforce antitrust laws; deregulating the financial industry; crushing unions and workers; allowing public and private student loan lenders to fleece students; and curtailing medical and scientific research.
Warren’s concentration on the economic fragility of America’s middle class ran through her 2014 book, “A Fighting Chance,” and was a constant theme in her scores of books and articles written during her decades as a bankruptcy expert and law professor. What sets “The Fight Is Our Fight” apart is the tone, which is blunter and more impassioned than her 2014 memoir, “A Fighting Chance”). Warren names names in this book, and she isn’t reluctant to shine a light on, among others, the government officials who serve as handmaidens for industry rather than as regulators looking out for everyday Americans. In one outrageous example, Warren’s frustration leaps off the page when she describes a meeting that she had with the Office of Comptroller of Currency during the Bush Administration in which she pressed that agency to clamp down on deceptive credit card practices. After Warren had made her pitch with data and policy prescriptions, the Acting Comptroller (Julie Williams) told Warren while walking her out that “it was too bad” that the agency could never undertake such reforms because “the banks wouldn’t like it.”
Despite the harder-edged tone of “This Fight Is Our Fight,” Warren’s book is compulsively readable. Her prose is straightforward and engaging, but her greatest strength is an ability to illustrate recondite policy arguments through her own biography and through the lives of real people who are struggling to keep their place in the middle class: the Wal-Mart worker who had to quit community college at night because her employer refused to give her a set work schedule; the homeowner who lost his house due to the misleading terms in a refinancing; the student who started, but never finished, art school and now struggles under the burden of crushing student loans; and the couple who have steadily lost pace despite decades of working, saving, and playing by the rules. Warren’s portraits of these people are carefully drawn and detailed, which not only makes them come to life, but provides great force for the policy arguments behind them.
Warren’s “This Fight Is Our Fight” is more than just an excellent political book; it’s a statement of first principles from a political leader of surpassing wisdom, dedication, and compassion. At a time of great upheaval and anxiety in our nation, Warren provides something even more valuable than individual answers to individual problems; she provides concrete reassurance that America can build a better tomorrow if we once again prioritize the needs of millions of working Americans over the narrow interests of a privileged elite. Such reassurance is in short supply right now, which makes Warren’s book an ideal manual for these times.
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- T WrightReviewed in the United Kingdom on June 27, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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- EmileReviewed in Germany on June 21, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars What a woman and what a book
I am half-through this book but I can't wait to give a review.
Do you want to know how Washington works?
Do you want to know how the middle class in America is doing?
Do you want to know about the (economic) history of the USA?
Do you want to learn about the fate of ordinary people senator Warrren has met and spoken?
Do you want to read about the personal life experiences of senator Warren?
If so, then this is a book for you. The book is well written and you can hear her own voice in it. The five stars I have given are well merited.
- David archibaldReviewed in Canada on May 24, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars She never forgets who she is, where she came from and what is fundamentally important.
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseWhat a fabulous person with honesty, integrity and passion to do the right thing. Her life story is fascinating and proof that opportunity , drive and belief in one's self, the possibilities are boundless. Elizabeth knows who she is and has never forgotten where she came from. A great force for good.
- J.SReviewed in Canada on November 18, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book.
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchasePhenomenal writing, lots of content and quite inspirational!
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VReviewed in Germany on May 30, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars Sie sprechen Englisch und möchten WIRKLICH wissen was in den USA-Wahlen abgelaufen ist??? MUST READ!!!
Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseDieses Buch kann ich nur JEDEM wärmstens empfehlen, der qualifiziert mitreden möchte bzgl. den 2016 Wahlen in den U.S.A., bzw. das politische System drüben. Wenn Sie dieses Buch noch nicht gelesen haben, haben Sie keine Ahnung davon!