Watch Elizabeth Warren stunningly predict the 2008 economic crisis — 4 years before it happened

Young Elizabeth Warren.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) either has a crystal ball or some serious experience in bankruptcy law.

In 2004, the U.S. was blindly headed toward a devastating economic meltdown. Yet Warren knew it was coming, and gave a shockingly prescient breakdown of where America's economic policies were taking the country in a recently surfaced interview with PBS NOW's David Brancaccio.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.