What can Washington do to help middle-class Americans?

Senator Elizabeth Warren joins us to talk about this fight is our fight, the battle to

save America's middle class.

America's middle class is under assault, not because of technology changes, not because

of foreign competition, but because policies have shifted in Washington.

How do you skewer startup culture with a book called Startup, of course?

Author Dorie Schaffrier joins us to talk about her debut novel.

I'm the puppet master, I must figure out what this story is because when you're a journalist,

the first thing your editor always asks you is what's the story.

And so I realize I did not have the story and I had to come up with it.

Alexander Alter will give us an update from the literary world.

Plus we'll talk about what we and the wider world are reading.

This is Inside the New York Times Booker View, I'm Pamela Paul.

Senator Elizabeth Warren joins us now.

Her new book is called This Fight is Our Fight, the battle to save America's middle class.

Senator, thank you so much for being here.

Oh, I'm delighted to do it.

Thank you for having me.

We are going to spend most of our time talking about your book, talking about the middle

class because I imagine it's very hard to get attention to this issue, especially right

now.

But I would be remiss without talking a little bit about what is going on in Washington.

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