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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Senator Elizabeth Warren and consultant Amelia Warren Tyagi, the classic book about America's middle class -- and why economic security remains out of reach for many.




In this exposé, Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi show that modern middle-class families are increasingly trapped by the grinding reality of flat wages and rising costs. Warren and Tyagi reveal how a ferocious bidding war for housing and education has silently engulfed America's suburbs, driving up the cost of keeping families in the middle class, and placing unprecedented pressure on hard-working families.




Revolutionary when it was first published in 2003, The Two-Income Trap remains disturbingly relevant today. Now with a new introduction by the authors, The Two Income Trap shows why the usual remedies won't solve the problem and points toward the policy changes that would create better opportunities for both parents and children.
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"A startling account of the elusiveness of the American Dream."―Time Magazine

"A wonderful book. . . . Revelatory."―Paul Krugman, New York Times

"Brimming with proposed solutions to the nail-biting anxiety that the middle class finds itself in."―Wall Street Journal

"A well-researched road map of where we are, as well as viable escape routes."―Boston Globe

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Elizabeth Warren is the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. She is the co-author of As We Forgive Our Debtors and The Fragile Middle Class, as well as three leading commercial law casebooks. She is vice-president of the American Law Institute and served as Chief Advisor to the National Bankruptcy Review Commission. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Amelia Warren Tyagi has worked as an Engagement Manager with McKinsey and Company, specializing in health care, insurance, and education, and she co-founded the successful healthcare start-up HealthAllies. She lives in Pacific Palisades, California, with her husband and two-year-old daughter, Octavia.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Basic Books; Revised, Updated ed. edition (April 12, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0465097707
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0465097708
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.35 x 1.05 x 8.2 inches
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Elizabeth Warren, the widely admired former presidential candidate and a longtime champion of working families and the middle class, is the senior senator from Massachusetts. A former Harvard Law School professor, she is the author of twelve books, including A Fighting Chance and This Fight Is Our Fight, both of which were national bestsellers. The mother of two and grandmother of three, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband, Bruce Mann, and their golden retriever, Bailey.

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Esme_weatherwax
5.0 out of 5 stars A new way to look at financial distress
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2016
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I had really never thought about the connection between competition for "good" schools and the economic difficulties faced by so many families. Warren backs up her claims with substantial research, which is helpful when so much of what she says goes against the conventional wisdom of how people get into financial distress. It's a little scary to think how close many of us are to disaster, no matter how carefully we avoid a daily latte--she shows that medical emergencies, job loss, and divorce account for almost all bankruptcies, and there is little most of us can do to avoid those things that we aren't already doing. It's a very thought-provoking read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2016
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Read this for an anticipated class, which I decived not to take. The book was interesting, though!
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bansheexcat
5.0 out of 5 stars Great summary of the problems facing the middle class (or what's left of it)
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2020
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"The Two-Income Trap" does a good job of explaining why the middle class in shrinking. It disproves the notion that it is a sign of progress that women have entered the workforce in such large numbers. Rather, it is to simply keep up with inflation. It is only through both parents working that middle class families have a way of maintaining a comfortable first world lifestyle enjoyed by our parents and grandparents.

Instead of improving their economic well-being, two-income families actually have LESS discretionary income today than in the past, and are more vulnerable to down-turns in the market, since now their are two incomes at risk, and no one else to pick up the slack when someone loses their job (unless we repeal child labor laws, which is no doubt something the GOP and neo-liberals would love to implement I'm sure).

What caused me to give this book five starts instead of just four, was the fact that the authors had the guts to actually call out powerful Democrats for their betrayal of the middle class through their support of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act. Hillary Clinton, we learn, encouraged her husband to veto a bankruptcy bill, only to later support it as senator. Both Joe Biden (the presumptive Democratic nominee for President in 2020) and Chuck Schumer (Democratic minority leader) are singled out for their support of this legislation.

It's no wonder the middle class of the United States is in such trouble when both major political parties are beholden to the same financial interests, while hiding their terrible economic policies behind culture war nonsense.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Something We Can Do Together
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"The Two-Income Trap" is true enough that it was recommended in a column by (socially) conservative author Ross Douthat despite having Elizabeth Warren and her daughter Amelia as its authors. I am giving it as a Christmas present.

BEFORE the Great Recession, one in seven middle-class couples was on track to go bankrupt. (This book was written in 2003 and re-released in 2016.) The two Warrens explain concisely why that is: endless offers of credit that are piled on when people are in financial trouble, the collapse of state regulation of consumer credit, a bidding war to buy houses in the few desirable school districts. Not everybody who sketches out a problem so comprehensively offers solutions, but the Warrens do. It's just that these are not solutions that isolated families can implement. We need to come together to reform our economy and restore the American Dream.

I will close this review with my favorite paragraph from this book:

"...if you become a parent, we believe that you have an extra duty beyond providing for your child's needs; you also have a duty to speak up. The data in this book show that families cannot protect themselves alone. So write your representatives in Congress, petition your school board, and speak out. There are 63 million parents in America, and with them, you are strong enough to make a difference. If you are to survive financially, you and other parents must band together for change. The survival of your interest group -- parents -- depends on it."

Hope everyone reading this voted, by the way. . .
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Marcos Luz
3.0 out of 5 stars Good thesis but old data (2000)
Reviewed in Brazil on November 30, 2020
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The case would at the maximum needed 30 pages to be presented. Good thesis, but old data and old macroeconomic scenarios ( the economic facts of 2020 are pretty much distinctive than 2000). I will concede that some facts and advice written are still valid in 2020, but, unfortunately, the book has not been revised by both authors. After reading this book the reader could be better of if 1) Always talk to a lawyer before decisions. 2) If any debt collector offered you advice or threats, give it some thoughts and talk to somebody that has some law degree before doing anything. 3) Finally, remember that your house is your castle, your fort. Law does know that too. Do not put your castle at risk for a promised lower interest rate on any superficial credit advantage offered by financial institutions...
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Fiasco
4.0 out of 5 stars Decent book. Can be easily summarized in 100 words
Reviewed in Canada on March 9, 2020
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Good book. It can be summarized as follows: do not over-commit to a large mortgage. Live at a level where your credit cards are paid off every month. Do not get into bidding wars for houses or school programs. Try to survive financially with one spouse working and the other spouse not working, or only working part-time. That will give you flexibility if the sole provider loses his/her job.
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ML
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting topic, but the data was too old
Reviewed in Canada on March 15, 2021
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Interesting topic under the current economic circumstances caused by Covid, but the world is changing so fast in the last 20 years, so the data used in the book was somewhat too old. But overall it's still worth reading.
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