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Elizabeth Warren: “The rich may have run amok. They have run amok for the last 50 years of American history.”

On the recordApril 26, 2021
The rich may have run amok. They have run amok for the last 50 years of American history.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren criticizes the unchecked wealth accumulation by the rich over decades.

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