A Fighting Chance

Volcker, Paul voter registration Wahlberg, Mark Walden, Johan Wall Street Journal

Wall Street. See also banks and banking; big banks; and specific institutions

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deregulation and



lack of accountability



Obama and



“sheriffs” of



Warren’s Senate campaign and



Walsh, Johnn Warren, Alex

birth and childhood of



college and



death of father and



marriage of



Warren’s teaching and



Warren, Amelia Louise. See Tyagi, Amelia Louise Warren Warren, Elise Hutcherson Warren, James

marriage and family life and



death of



divorce from



Washington Post

Waters, Maxine Weaver, Caleb Wells Fargo Wellstone, Paul Westbrook, Jay Lawrence West End Gym (Lowell) Whitehouse, Sheldon Wilkerson, Tewana Williamson, Brady C.

Willumstad, Robert women

as bank executives



as candidates for office



equal pay for



incomes of, vs. men



law firms and



lending discrimination and



married mothers working



reproductive rights and



as “sheriffs” of Wall Street



Warren’s Senate campaign and



women’s movement Wood, Carrie World War II YouTube Zimmer, Hans Zopatti, Gretchen Zopatti, Steve





Acknowledgments

For a long time, writing books has been one way for me to fight for the people I believe in, and my daughter, Amelia Warren Tyagi, has been an extraordinary ally. After coauthoring The Two-Income Trap and All Your Worth, she was ready once again to jump into another book with me, this time helping me with the research and keeping the entire project on track. She pushed me to tell more personal stories, to let the reader know what these fights felt like. Amelia was also the one who repeatedly said, “Tell more about this story,” or “This is confusing,” or the much-dreaded “This is boring.” She helped make this a better book, and I am deeply grateful.

Dan Geldon has been my partner as we fought our way side by side through five battles now, and much of what we’ve accomplished should be credited to him. From his student days, Dan has been a crucial co-conspirator—the strategist who made sure that we kept our goals firmly in mind and managed toward them every day. Where I am blunt, Dan is subtle, and he sees much that I would miss. Another former student, Ganesh Sitaraman is the great thinker of the team, the one who sees context and direction. He has a ravenous appetite for ideas, and he shares them with generous delight. Like Dan, Ganesh was a close-up partner for most of these battles. Without Dan and Ganesh, the adventures would have been fewer and the successes fewer still.