The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class

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Distinguished law scholar Elizabeth Warren teaches contract law, bankruptcy, and commercial law at Harvard Law School. She is an outspoken critic of America's credit economy, which she has linked to the continuing rise in bankruptcy among the middle-class. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Council Lectures" [6/2007] [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 12620]

Channel: Education
Uploaded: January 31, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Author: uctelevision

Length: 00:57:37
Rating: 4.86
Views: 129242

Tags: bankruptcy middle class economy

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GA7777777 (January 7, 2009 at 7:09 pm)
Is there another video with more current information ?
pm4rtine (January 7, 2009 at 2:28 pm)
yes she was.
MachApocalypse (January 7, 2009 at 1:54 am)
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aaeoni (January 4, 2009 at 8:26 pm)
stepping out your front door is a risk, but just to entertain you a little. what about the millions of people who have or had lung cancer, emphysema asthma heart disease etc.., NEVER SMOKED A CIGARETTE and ride the medicare/medicaid train yet didn't contribute to the "smokers illness fund tax" on cigarettes. again another not very well thought out comment. same with the people who never worked a day in their life became crack addicts and are now on social security disability pensions.
mikemikemofo (January 4, 2009 at 8:30 pm)
way to twist a comment there about why the price of cigarettes have gone up. i don't really understand your point unless you just want to argue with someone over an 8 month old comment.
aaeoni (January 4, 2009 at 7:55 pm)
yeah ok Armageddon seeker one world government yeah why not thats what hitler, stalin, mao wanted, to get rid of the checks and balances and put one nutcase in charge. yeah real smart, then where will people go to run from tyranny which is of course mans most natural state, that is to be tyrants. People really aren't thinking that are posting here. How about we solve the problem by getting rid of the problem which is GOVERNMENT. Tyrants and thieves ruling over law abiding citizens = poverty.
CosmicFork (January 4, 2009 at 2:52 am)
Professor Warren sums up her lecture by saying; "I fear we're moving from a 3 Class Society to a 2 Class Society. America has always been one of those "perfect" Distributions, I.E. the Bell Curve, with some poor people, some rich, and a Big, Big, Solid Middle Class, stuck right there in the Middle." Well said. Well NO MORE! In Amerika Now You're either Rich or You're Poor, and if you don't like it... There's The Door! That's sure not the country I once loved, the good old U.S.of A.
saharra22469 (December 31, 2008 at 2:51 am)
over population and population control are key elements to solving the problems of green house gases, using and destroying the earths resources and the social problems arising such as rich class, poor class.
Please note. In my last post on here regarding population control, someone posted back that the earth can sustain many more ppl than it already has. This is not the issue. The issue is solving our crises now, before it becomes worse. Overpopulating will obviously make all of our #s worse
aaeoni (January 4, 2009 at 7:49 pm)
how about you be the first volunteer for your population reduction and control plan, either don't have any kids or jump off a bridge. Seriously do you even realize that the 50,000,000 abortions have caused alot of this. The 50,000,000 missing workers to support social security and purchase houses etc... you are ill educated. There are not enough healthy vibrant youth to support the aging which is a huge strain on the middle class, health care housing etc.. your an idiot repeating a false mantra
followthefleet (December 30, 2008 at 4:00 pm)
This video opens a new discussion of what the "social contract" in America should consist. We used to have a vision of the "good society" that depended upon the logic of, what we used to call, socio-economics. This is what I like about Elizabeth Warren's study. I'm not sophisticated enough to know about the mathematical validity of her points...but I do know that she paints a picture of America that is real, and that must eventually be addressed by our political and economic leaders.