Elizabeth Warren wants to remake American capitalism
As it stands, the Democratic front-runner’s programme has too little time for markets or business
ELIZABETH WARREN is remarkable. Born into a struggling family in Oklahoma, she worked her way up to become a star law professor at Harvard. As a single mother in the 1970s, she broke with convention by pursuing a full-time career. In an era of rule-by-tweet, she is an unashamed policy wonk who is now a front-runner to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020. Polls suggest that, in a head-to-head contest, more Americans would vote for her than for Donald Trump.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “A plan for American capitalism”
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October 26th 2019
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