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       Elizabeth Warren, A FIGHTING CHANCE (2014)
       By: agate Date: October 20, 2015, 7:57 pm
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       Elizabeth Warren, A FIGHTING CHANCE (2014)
       [quote]For decades Elizabeth Warren has been fighting for the
       interests of ordinary Americans, the people who are often
       hardest hit by the predatory practices of banks and large
       corporations. In this book she tells her life story, with an
       emphasis on how she developed her zeal for defending and
       insuring the rights of consumers.
       It hasn't always been easy for her. Obstructionist tactics have
       been used against her by politicians and lobbyists representing
       the entrenched interests of the powerful banking industry. She
       doesn't whine about having been victimized repeatedly but what
       comes through in her book is that changing or designing
       legislation and organizing teams of people who will support and
       promote it are jobs that take patience and perseverance--and
       toughness.
       There was a time when she was attacked for having falsely
       claimed Native American ancestry in order to gain an advantage
       academically. Though she doesn't come up with definitive proof
       of her Native American background, she makes a very persuasive
       case for it--and unequivocally states that she never used it for
       her own advancement.
       While giving details about her own life and career, the book
       also provides some excellent discussion of the appallingly
       powerful banking industry--the banks that have been "too big too
       fail" have also been "too big to jail," as she puts it.
       Moreover, this recorded book was narrated by the author herself.
       She is one very impressive person. She blows her own horn
       sometimes in this book, but she's one of the few people on the
       contemporary scene who probably ought to be blowing her own horn
       even louder. More power to her.
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