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Robert Reich

Professor, Former US Secretary of Labor
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Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies, was Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration. Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the twentieth ...more
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The Real Job Killers
Sunday, March 2, 2014 3:21 PM EDT
Johm Boehner and the Chamber of Commerce say a raise in the minimum wage is a job killer. Republicans and the Chamber also say unions, workplace safety regulations, environmental regulations, and the Affordable Care Act are all job killers. This is bunk...
In this article: WMT
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Inequality, Productivity, And WhatsApp
Friday, February 21, 2014 4:50 AM EDT
If you ever wonder what’s fueling America’s staggering inequality, ponder Facebook’s acquisition of the mobile messaging company WhatsApp .
In this article: MSFT, FB
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America’s “We” Problem
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 1:37 PM EDT
America has a serious “We” problem — as in “Why should we pay for them?”
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Why The Three Biggest Economic Lessons Were Forgotten
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 11:15 AM EDT
Why America has forgotten the three most important economic lessons we learned in the thirty years following World War II?
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Why The Lousy Jobs Report Boosted Wall Street
Monday, February 10, 2014 12:03 AM EDT
How can bad news on Main Street (only 113,000 jobs were created in January, on top of a meager 74,000 in December) cause good news on Wall Street? Here's why...
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The War On The Poor And Middle-Class Families
Sunday, February 9, 2014 10:32 AM EDT
Most Americans are on a downward escalator. Median household pay is dropping, adjusted for inflation. A smaller share of working-age Americans are in jobs than at any time in the last three decades. (2:28)
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Why Widening Inequality Is Hobbling Equal Opportunity
Friday, February 7, 2014 1:38 PM EDT
America’s savage inequality is the main reason equal opportunity is fading and poverty is growing. Since the “recovery” began, 95% of the gains have gone to the top 1 percent, and median incomes have dropped.
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Video: The Myth Of Americans Living Beyond Their Means
Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:45 PM EDT
There is a belief that Americans got into economic turmoil because of living beyond their means. Robert Reich explains why this a myth, that most Americans do not live beyond their means and that their "means" have not kept up with the economy. (3:58).
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The Hoax Of Entitlement Reform
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 3:05 PM EDT
Conservatives are touting entitlement reform as a solution to looming deficits. But, as the title of this video suggests, this is not the route to take.
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The 'Fiscal Cliff'
Monday, January 27, 2014 4:51 PM EDT
Should we be concerned by the so-called 'fiscal cliff'? Robert Reich (Professor of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, and former Labor Secretary) explains why we need to get the economy back on track before we address the budget deficit.
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Why There’s No Outcry
Monday, January 27, 2014 1:31 PM EDT
Middle incomes are sinking, the ranks of the poor are swelling, almost all the economic gains are going to the top, and big money is corrupting our democracy. So why hasn't there been an uprising? Three reasons stand out...
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David Brooks’ Utter Ignorance About Inequality
Sunday, January 19, 2014 5:49 PM EDT
David Brooks recently argued arguing that we should be focusing on the “interrelated social problems of the poor” rather than on inequality, and that the two are fundamentally distinct. Baloney.
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Fear Is Why Workers In Red States Vote Against Their Economic Self-Interest
Thursday, January 16, 2014 2:02 PM EDT
Last week’s massive toxic chemical spill in West Virginia illustrates another sad truth. Not only are employees eager to accept whatever job they can get. They are also also unwilling to demand healthy and safe environments.
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The Lousy Jobs Report And The Scourge Of Inequality
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:49 PM EDT
The U.S. economy created a measly 74,000 new jobs in December, and a smaller percentage of working-age Americans is now employed than at any time in the last three decades.
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Colbert Report: America's Wealth Divide
Monday, January 13, 2014 7:16 PM EDT
Robert Reich offers his views on how a more equitable economy could benefit everyone, from the poor to the wealthiest one percent. (04:17)
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Bill Moyers: Inequality For All
Friday, September 20, 2013 4:14 PM EDT
Robert Reich, Bill Clinton’s secretary of labor joins Moyers & Company to discuss a new documentary film, Inequality for All. Directed by Jacob Kornbluth, the film aims to be a game-changer in our national discussion of income inequality.
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