Elizabeth Warren vs. Wall Street

As Senator Warren’s Presidential candidacy gathers momentum, the Democratic establishment is nervously reckoning with the leftward drift of the Party. Warren has a reputation for progressive policy ideas, but she is distancing herself from Bernie Sanders-style democratic socialism. Instead, she is casting herself as a pragmatist who has reasonable plans to reform education, health care, and a financial system that advantages the very rich. Sheelah Kolhatkar joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss Warren’s critique of twenty-first-century capitalism, and voters’ concerns about whether she could beat Donald Trump.