Elizabeth Warren on What We Get Wrong About Inequality
About this episode
Elizabeth Warren makes the case for universal childcare as economic infrastructure, discussing high costs, thin provider margins, low wages, and how reliable care supports women's labor-force participation — alongside Social Security credits and paid leave for caregivers. They discuss the housing shortage, federal investment, the Faircloth Amendment, zoning reform, and the decline of housing stock. The conversation turns to student-debt cancellation and its racial wealth dimensions, compound interest as an engine of inequality, a wealth tax, corporate taxation, and stronger IRS enforcement. Warren argues that markets need competition and active antitrust enforcement — especially against Amazon and other technology giants — and calls for public investment in climate and health technology to drive broadly shared prosperity.