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context of the US in 2019, Yglesias found that the book presented "a striking mismatch between the scale of the problem it identifies and the relatively modest solutions it proposes". At the same time, however, Yglesias calls Warren "way ahead of the political curve" in her criticisms of banking industry practices. Yglesias also noted Warren's emphasis on "normative" two-parent households and the societal value of raising children, which make
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