Elizabeth Warren in The Atlantic

On Corporations: Wants workers to choose 40% of corporate boards

The Accountable Capitalism Act would require the largest corporations to allow workers to choose 40 percent of their board seats. The proposal is meant to provide an antidote to short-term thinking in the biggest businesses--and to short-circuit the ease with which CEOs make decisions that enrich themselves at the expense of workers and the underlying health of their firm. A similar system exists in Germany, and it goes by the name "codetermination." Source: The Atlantic, "Capitalism," on 2020 presidential hopefuls Aug 28, 2018

On Government Reform: Supports a lifetime ban on officials becoming lobbyists

Warren calls the Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act: a frontal assault on lobbying, including a lifetime prohibition that would prevent federal officeholders (including the president, members of Congress, and Cabinet secretaries) from ever becoming paid influence peddlers. Her argument is that lobbying undermines the functioning of markets, by permitting corporations to exert outsize control over the regulatory state and use government to squash competitors. Source: The Atlantic, "Capitalism," on 2020 presidential hopefuls Aug 28, 2018

On Tax Reform: Making housing affordable by raising estate tax

Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill tackling the issue head on, trying to lower the cost of homes in neighborhoods with greater economic opportunity. The legislation, titled the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, is perhaps the most far-reaching assault on housing segregation since the 1968 Fair Housing Act. It's ambitious, pouring half a trillion dollars over 10 years into affordable-housing programs, and funded by raising the estate tax to Bush-era levels. Source: The Atlantic, "Housing Crisis," on 2020 Democratic primary Sep 25, 2018

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