Robert Reich
Robert B. Reich is the chancellor’s professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley and former secretary of labor under the Clinton administration. TIME magazine named him one of the 10 most effective Cabinet secretaries of the 20th century. He is also a founding editor of The American Prospect magazine and chairman of Common Cause. His film, Inequality for All. was released in 2013. Follow him on Twitter: @RBReich.
ALL POSTS BY Robert Reich
December 15, 2015Most Americans are good people, not bigots or racists. They work hard and they have a strong sense of fairness. But their world has been slowly coming apart. And they’re scared and fed up.
December 6, 2015The former labor secretary runs down the "dumb ideas" Ryan clings to including tax relief for the rich, Medicaid block grants for the states, Medicare vouchers for seniors and slashing the safety net.
December 6, 2015The former labor secretary runs down the "dumb ideas" Ryan clings to including tax relief for the rich, Medicaid block grants for the states, Medicare vouchers for seniors and slashing the safety net.
September 8, 2015At a time many Republican candidates are focusing on what people do in their bedrooms, America is experiencing a far more significant crisis in public morality.
August 11, 2015Not only has CEO pay exploded, so has the pay of top executives just below them. A new rule just passed by the SEC means workers will finally know how much more the higher ups are making.
August 3, 2015Political insiders don’t see that the biggest political phenomenon in America today is a revolt against the “ruling class” of insiders that have dominated Washington for more than three decades.
July 16, 2015In the roaring 2000s, just as in the Roaring Twenties, America’s big banks used insured deposits to underwrite their gambling in private securities, and then dumped the securities on their customers.
July 8, 2015The Supreme Court’s recent blessing of Obamacare has precipitated a rush among the nation’s biggest health insurers to consolidate into two or three behemoths.
June 9, 2015After serving in Congress, half of all retiring senators and 42 percent of retiring representatives become lobbyists. We need new rules to keep corruption -- or even the appearance of it -- at bay.
May 18, 2015The key to understanding the rise in inequality isn’t technology or globalization. It’s the power of the moneyed interests to shape the underlying rules of the market.
