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Elizabeth Warren recently wrote an opinion piece for Medium contending that another economic crash on par with the Great Recession is brewing, owing to the U.S. economy's total dependence on steadily escalating levels of both household debt and corporate debt that are now at crisis levels and marked by a now-proven recession in manufacturing, the inversion of the Treasury yield curve for the first time since 2007, and other serious danger signs. In particular, she warns of the phenomenon of "leveraged lending", which refers to the practice of lending to companies that are already significantly in debt; a high-risk practice, which she compares to the infamous subprime mortgages that led directly to the 2008 crash, that has increased by 40% since the start of 2017.

And of course, she outlines proposals to address each of these problems, the best of which, IMO, is a structural change in how the American economy works: a law giving workers at large American corporations the right to democratically elect at least 40% of their board members (here are some of the details on that). Lots of other policy change proposals are mentioned as well.

I really thought this article was compelling in highlighting serious problems with the way our economy is currently working that haven't been much of a focus in the news and that the solutions she outlined make sense. THIS is the kind of reason why I think Elizabeth Warren is the best candidate for president running!

Last edited by Jaicee - on 24 July 2019