Robert Reich's Blog
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Robert Bernard Reich is an American politician, academic, writer, and political commentator. He served as the twenty-second United States Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton, from 1993 to 1997. A summa cum laude[1] graduate of Dartmouth College, Reich is a former Harvard University professor and the former Maurice B. Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. He is currently Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. Reich also ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Why the Republican Crackup Hurts America
America has had a long history of white Southern radicals who will stop at nothing to get their way - seceding from the Union in 1861, refusing to obey Civil Rights ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
The Remarkable Political Stupidity of the 'Street' - you know, Wall Street
'Wall Street has blanketed America in a miasma of cynicism. Most Americans assume the reason the Street got its taxpayer-funded bailout without strings in the first place was ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
The Most Important Speech of His Presidency
(Blog Post) The President’s speech today in Osawatomie, Kansas — where Teddy Roosevelt gave his “New Nationalism” speech in 1910 — is the most important economic speech of his ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
Robert Reich (Greek's Choice -- and Ours: Democracy or Finance?)
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Robert Reich (The Occupiers' Responsive Chord)
A combination of police crackdowns and bad weather are testing the young Occupy movement. But rumors of its demise are premature, to say the least. Although numbers are hard ...via David K. Miller (t) -
Robert Reich (The Triumph of Dogma, and a Sad Goodbye to David Frum)
Every other Wednesday evening for the past few years I’ve been offering commentary on a spritely show on public radio called “Marketplace.” On alternative Wednesdays ...via Umair Haque -
Tonight’s Republican Debate: The 19th Century or the Stone Age?
listen tonight (if you can bear it) for anything other than standard Republican boilerplate since the 1920s — a wistful desire to return to the era of President William ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Stock Tip: Be Worried. Workers Are Consumers.
Every CEO of every company that continues to squeeze payrolls (Verizon, are you listening? Ford?) needs to understand they're shooting themselves in the feet. Where do they ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Robert Reich (Why S&P Has No Business Downgrading the U.S.)
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Medicare Is the Solution, Not the Problem
'Not only is Social Security on the chopping block in order to respond to Republican extortion. So is Medicare. But Medicare isn't the nation's budgetary problems. It's the ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer
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