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
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.
May 11, 2015Nike may be the perfect example of life under TPP, but that is not a future many Americans would choose.
May 1, 2015A growing sense of powerlessness in all aspects of our lives — as workers, consumers and voters — is convincing most people the system only works for those at the top.
April 23, 2015Just-in-time scheduling makes businesses more efficient, but it's a nightmare for working families.
April 8, 2015It’s bad enough big money is buying off politicians. It’s also buying off nonprofits that used to be sources of investigation, information and social change, from criticizing big money.
April 1, 2015The rise of these two groups is challenging the core American assumptions that people are paid what they’re worth, and work is justly rewarded.
March 26, 2015It’s time to give up the idea that every young person has to go to college, and start offering high-school seniors an alternative route into the middle class.
March 6, 2015Calling to revive the middle class isn't enough. It's time to take on the Wall Street banks, big corporations and richest Americans who drive inequality.
February 27, 2015It's time for federal agencies like the Labor Department and the IRS to protect workers' rights in the "sharing" economy.
February 21, 2015Today's global corporate agreements enhance corporate and financial profits while pushing down wages.
