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Tamara Draut

Tamara Draut is the director of the Economic Opportunity Program at Demos, a national, non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization headquartered in New York and the author of "Strapped: Why America’s 20- and 30-Somethings Can’t Get Ahead."

Tamara oversees research, policy and advocacy work on economic security issues. She is co-author of the recent Demos reports, "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's op-eds have appeared in many newspapers across the country, and she has appeared as a commentator on CNN, MSNBC, Headline News and numerous radio shows. Tamara is the author of a just released book examining the economic challenges facing young adults. She holds an M.P.A. from Columbia University and a B.S.J. from Ohio University.

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