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Chris Murphy: “You have 40% of Americans today that are working full time…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Published June 28, 2026 | Video Starts at 02:01

No. But I think we have to understand that people do not believe that this version of capitalism is. Has worked. And frankly, it hasn't worked. I mean, You have 40% of Americans today that are working full time and don't have enough money saved up in the bank for an emergency car repair. Meanwhile, we just saw the first trillionaire made in this economy. This version of capitalism isn't working. Now, I make the argument in the book that we should embrace, you know, what I call a common good capitalism. (02:01–02:11)

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Asserts that 40% of full-time working Americans lack emergency savings.

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