Low wages have been one of the reasons that we have hollowed out America's middle class.
Elizabeth Warren: “Low wages have been one of the reasons that we have hollowed out America's middle class.”
On the recordJune 5, 2013
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Warren discusses the impact of low wages on the middle class.
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