Stories by Robert B. Reich
Robert Reich is professor of public policy at the Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He was secretary of labor in the Clinton administration.
Posted on Mar 5, 2012, Source: RobertReich.org
Spending on public higher education is down, tuition is skyrocketing and student debt levels are unmatched in history. The result? Goodbye middle class.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012, Source: RobertReich.org
Even if the odds that Gingrich as GOP presidential candidate would win the general election are 10 percent, that’s too much of a risk to the nation.
Posted on Jan 10, 2012, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
Gingrich and Perry rail against Mitt's corporate behavior, but they have no plans to change Wall Street's rules.
Posted on Jan 5, 2012, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
Citizens United invites the worst corruption our democracy has witnessed since the Gilded Age. Mitt Romney is one of its biggest beneficiaries.
Posted on Aug 18, 2011, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
President Obama is promising to fight for a jobs bill this September. Here are ten suggestions for that bill from the former Labor Secretary.
Posted on May 5, 2011, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
The McCaskill/Corker spending cap would also make it impossible for government to boost the economy in recessions, meaning even higher unemployment that lasts longer.
Posted on Oct 11, 2010, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
What the public wants means nothing if our democracy is secretly corrupted by big money.
Posted on Sep 24, 2010, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
Only twice before in American history has so much been held by so few, yet they're going to keep their fat tax cuts.
Posted on Sep 24, 2010, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
After three decades of flat wages the middle class has exhausted all coping mechanisms. It can’t send more spouses into paid work or work more hours or borrow any more.
Posted on Aug 12, 2010, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
"National security is a cover for job security. This is nuts."
Posted on Mar 31, 2010, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
We need $300 billion for jobs, and we need it now.
Posted on Nov 17, 2009, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
Nobody said this would be easy. But passing the health reform that America deserves involves a little political muscle.
Posted on Sep 24, 2009, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
How can the Dow be so far up when every business and Wall Street executive is screaming about government crushing the economy?
Posted on Jul 10, 2009, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
Are green shoots emerging? Not until people feel more secure economically.
Posted on May 13, 2009, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
Reports of Social Security's demise are greatly exaggerated.
Posted on Mar 15, 2009, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
Even with a new administration dedicated to doing it all differently, Americans still have little say over what is happening with our money.
Posted on Aug 4, 2008, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
Most Americans can no longer maintain their standard of living. And the core problem isn't the housing crisis or rising oil and food prices.
Posted on Mar 7, 2008, Source: Robert Reich's Blog
Hillary has said that McCain would be a better president than Obama -- this kind of cynical approach turns people away from politics.
Posted on Sep 26, 2007, Source: Alfred A. Knopf
The awkward truth is that most of us are two minds: As consumers and investors we want the great deals. As citizens we don't like many of the social consequences that flow from them.
Posted on May 18, 2007, Source: TomPaine.com
America's largest corporations' overseas subsidiaries are booming even as their American operations stagnate. General Electric expects more than half its revenue this year to come from outside the U.S. for the first time.
Posted on Mar 31, 2007, Source: The American Prospect
A new NASA report on killer asteroids ought to spook people into action.
Posted on May 12, 2006, Source: TomPaine.com
The House is preparing to vote on an Orwellian act of government that would severely limit democracy on the internet as we know it.
Posted on Apr 17, 2006, Source: The American Prospect
The Bay State's new universal healthcare plan marks an improvement -- but a single payer system would have been even better.
Posted on Dec 9, 2005, Source: TomPaine.com
When the tax cut battle is between the wealthy and super wealthy, it looks like both groups win. So, guess who's going to foot the bill.
Posted on Nov 24, 2004, Source: TomPaine.com
With the dollar dropping to an all-new low against the euro, the nicest and safest gift you can give a friend or loved one this holiday season is ... gold.
Posted on Sep 7, 2004, Source: TomPaine.com
The Republicans are selling their vision of an "Ownership Society" to a nation of debtors.
Posted on Nov 7, 2001, Source: AlterNet
America and other advanced nations have stepped back from globalization. Why? Because of the added risks of a world threatened by terrorism.
Posted on Oct 29, 2001, Source: The American Prospect
The political debate about terrorism is stuck. The patriot's blind insistence on American right no matter what, clashes with the left's insistence on blaming the U.S.'s bad historical judgement. Robert Reich says both positions are inadequate and offers another way.
Posted on Oct 22, 2001, Source: AlterNet
The American economy is certainly in recession now, but the good news is that the underlying structures of the economy are very strong.
Posted on Oct 19, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Despite being asked in the name of patriotism to spend, consumers are holding back. Perhaps Americans are realizing the economy exists to support us and the standard of living we choose, not the other way around.
Posted on Oct 5, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Alan Greenspan is pushing on a wet noodle. Instead of interest rate cuts or corporate tax cuts, he should cut payroll taxes by $100 billion over the next 12 months.
Posted on Oct 1, 2001, Source: AlterNet
With the country spiraling toward recession, those hurt the most are lower-wage workers sure to be the first to lose their jobs.
Posted on Aug 14, 2001, Source: deleted
In the name of fiscal responsibility, the Democrats won't commit to repealing the tax cut, perhaps leading the way to more cuts.
Posted on Jul 25, 2001, Source: The American Prospect
If Democrats hope to regain the White House in 2004, they'll need to mobilize grassroots groups and thus rebuild the party from the bottom up.
Posted on Jun 26, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Centrism is bogus, and the rush by politicians to it is a meager substitute for sharp, open debate about what a nation needs to do, and why.
Posted on Jun 12, 2001, Source: The American Prospect
Tax cuts. Missile-defense shields. Expansion of oil, gas, coal and nuclear energies. Bush is winning on these issues because he manufactures crises around them.
Posted on Jun 5, 2001, Source: AlterNet
George W. Bush is right. A "C" student can indeed become President -- if that student's parents happen to be wealthy and know the right people.
Posted on May 15, 2001, Source: The American Prospect
The dirtiest little secret about the Roaring Nineties is that average working families gained almost no income, while their health care costs soared.
