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Tamara Draut
Tamara Draut, author of Strapped: Why America’s 20-and 30-Somethings Can’t Get Ahead, has written extensively about major economic issues facing Americans. She is the Director of the Economic Opportunity Program at Demos, a public policy center based in New York City. She is the author of numerous reports, and has conducted groundbreaking research on household debt in America. Tamara's work on debt has been covered extensively by dozens of newspapers, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal and USA Today. Tamara is a frequent television commentator and has appeared on the Today Show, ABC World News Tonight, CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight and Fox News.
Tamara is co-author of the recent Demos reports, "The Plastic Safety Net: The Reality Behind Debt in America," "Millions to the Middle: Three Strategies to Grow the Middle Class," "Retiring in the Red: The Growth of Debt Among Older Americans," and "Borrowing to Make Ends Meet: The Growth of Credit Card Debt in the 90s," among others.
Tamara holds an M.P.A. from Columbia University and a B.S.J. from Ohio University.
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- Finally, The Credit Card Companies Lose in Congress, 09/24/2008
- The Personal is Political, 07/21/2008
- Pushing Credit Cards on College Campuses, 05/19/2008
- Profits on the Backs of the Most Vulnerable, 04/08/2008
- Tricks and Traps of the Credit Card Industry, 12/18/2007
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