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Elizabeth Warren: “Wall Street's 2008 crisis cost the economy tens of trillions of dollars and destroyed 53 percent of Black wealth in the…”

On the recordMarch 3, 2021
Wall Street's 2008 crisis cost the economy tens of trillions of dollars and destroyed 53 percent of Black wealth in the country.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren discusses the economic impact of the 2008 financial crisis on Black wealth.

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