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Category - Non Fiction / Politics and Political Science
Format - Paperback
Condition - Good
Listed - 3 months ago
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Est. Publication Date - Mar 2015
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As a child in Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren yearned to go to college and become a teacher-an ambitious goal, given her family’s modest means. Yet, by 1995, she was a distinguished law professor with a deep understanding of why people go bankrupt. And then came the phone call that changed her life: Would she come to Washington, D.C., to help advise Congress on rewriting the bankruptcy laws? Thus began an impolite education in the bare-knuckled ways of Washington. She fought for better bankruptcy laws and lost. She tried to hold the federal government accountable during financial crisis but became a target of the big banks. She hatched an idea for a new agency designed to protect consumers and was denied the opportunity to run it. Finally, at age sixty-two, she ran for elective office and won one of the most competitive Senate races in the country. In this passionate, funny, rabble-rousing book, Warren shows why she has become a hero to all those who believe that America’s working families deserve a fighting chance.
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A Fighting Chance
ISBN: 9781250062253
Publisher Description
A chronicle of the Massachusetts senator's career in Washington describes her childhood pursuit of an education, early exposure to the dysfunctional political process, advocacy of better bankruptcy la...
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