Stories by Robert Reich

Robert Reich is the nation's 22nd Secretary of Labor and a professor at the University of California at Berkeley. subscribe to Robert Reich's feed

Has the 1 Percent Committed Treason?

Posted on: Jul 15, 2013, Source: RobertReich.org

A small group of extremely wealthy people are systematically destroying the US government.

Washington Has Been Stopped in Its Tracks by Republican Tea Party Types, and It's Destroying the Country

Posted on: Jun 10, 2013, Source: RobertReich.org

It's as if an entire branch of the federal government—the one that's supposed to deal directly with the nation's problems—has gone out of business.

Beware of Economic Nonsense Trotted Out by Profit-Seeking Corporations and Their Stooges

Posted on: May 28, 2013, Source: RobertReich.org

Forbes Magazine deployed its small army of corporate defenders and apologists in the multi-billion dollar fight to keep effective tax rates low for global corporations.

The Fight Over Gun Control Has Revealed America's New Divisions

Posted on: Apr 20, 2013, Source: Robert Reich's Blog

The deeper message here is that rural, older, white America occupies one land; younger, urban, increasingly non-white America lives in another.

The Sequester as a Tea Party Plot

Posted on: Mar 1, 2013, Source: RobertReich.org

Sequestration grew out of a strategy hatched soon after they took over the House in 2011.

Hysteria Over the Deficit Has Ground the Recovery to a Halt

Posted on: Feb 1, 2013, Source: Robert Reich's Blog

The government is heading in exactly the wrong direction: raising taxes on the middle class, and cutting spending.

Why is the Bank-centric Tim Geithner Leading Fiscal Cliff Negotiations?

Posted on: Nov 28, 2012, Source: Robert Reich's Blog

Geithner sees the world through the eyes of Wall Street, not Main Street.

It's Simple: Cutting the Deficit Will Kill Jobs and Hurt Growth; Taxing the Rich Won't

Posted on: Nov 21, 2012, Source: RobertReich.org

We've got to stop obsessing about the deficit.

What the President Should Propose for the 'Grand Bargain' to Reduce the Deficit

Posted on: Nov 13, 2012, Source: RobertReich.org

If the past four years have proven anything it’s that the White House should not begin with a compromise.

A Quick Guide to Mitt's 10 Most Destructive Guiding Principles

Posted on: Nov 4, 2012, Source: RobertReich.org

Despite its contradictions and ellipses, Romneyism has an internal coherence.

No Shame: Understanding Romney's Latest Lie About Jeep and His History of Outrageous Lies

Posted on: Oct 30, 2012, Source: RobertReich.org

Anyone who tells or countenances such lies cannot be trusted to hold the highest office in our land, because he has no compunctions about feeding false information to the public.

Why Obama Should Be Attacking Casino Capitalism -- Both Romney's Bain and JPMorgan

Posted on: May 23, 2012, Source: Robert Reich's Blog

As Republican Attacks on Obama Completely Backfire, They Turn to Empty Tax Talk

Posted on: Mar 20, 2012, Source: RobertReich.org

Tea Party Darling Wants the GOP to Embrace Ron Paul -- Not Because of His Views, But Because He Attracts Young Voters

Posted on: Jan 12, 2012, Source: Robert Reich's Blog

How a Little Bit of Good Economic News Can Be Bad for the President

Posted on: Jan 10, 2012, Source: RobertReich.org

The Wall Street Occupiers and the Democratic Party

Posted on: Oct 10, 2011, Source: RobertReich.org

Why Inequality is the Real Cause of Our Ongoing Terrible Economy

Posted on: Sep 5, 2011, Source: RobertReich.org

This Labor Day We Need Protest Marches, Not Parades

Posted on: Aug 25, 2011, Source: RobertReich.org

Stock Tip: Be Worried. Workers Are Consumers

Posted on: Aug 22, 2011, Source: RobertReich.org

Bi-Partisan Budget Plan Just the 'Republican Plan With Lipstick'

Posted on: May 5, 2011, Source: RobertReich.org

Why Is Gang of Six Deciding Health Care for Three Hundred Million of Us?

Posted on: Aug 23, 2009, Source: Huffington Post

Why has it come down to these six? Who anointed them?

Goldman and JPMorgan: Winners When the Rest of Us Are Losing

Posted on: Jul 17, 2009, Source: Robert Reich's Blog

Where are the anti-trusters when we need them?

What Happened to Labor Day?

Posted on: Sep 3, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Robert Reich: Most young people today have no memory of a time when productivity pushed wages up and more than a third of the American workforce was unionized.

The emerging scandal over student loans...

Posted on: Apr 12, 2007, Source: AlterNet

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