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The Most Important Speech of His Presidency

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Robert Reich's Blog - By Robert Reich - Dec. 07 (Opinion) - 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 presidency in terms of connecting the dots, laying out the reasons behind our economic and political crises, and asserting a willingness to take on the powerful and the privileged that have gamed the system to their advantage.

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Stock Tip: Be Worried. Workers Are Consumers.

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Robert Reich's Blog - By Robert Reich - Aug. 20 (Opinion) - 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 expect demand for their products and services to come from?' Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog

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The Truth About the American Economy

Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Robert Reich - May. 31 (News Analysis) - 'As we should have learned from the Great Prosperity - the 30 years after World War II when America grew because most Americans shared in the nation's prosperity - we cannot have a growing and vibrant economy without a growing and vibrant middle class.' Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog

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Why Aren't Business Leaders Standing Up to the Tea Party?

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Robert Reich's Blog - By Robert Reich - Oct. 30 (Opinion) - Business leaders should be standing up to the tea party. And they should be actively supporting policies to relieve the economic stresses that fuel it. Their silence in both regards is not only bad for business; it threatens the stability of our economic and political system.

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The Dow vs. the economy

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Robert Reich's Blog - By Robert Reich - Sep. 03 (Opinion) - What passes for business reporting in the United States is too often a series of breathless reports about the stock market. When the Dow rises precipitously, as it did today (Wednesday), the business press predicts an end to the Great Recession. When the stock market plummets, as it did last week, the Great Recession is said to be worsening.

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Why we should let the Bush tax cuts expire

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Robert Reich's Blog - By Robert Reich - Aug. 02 (Opinion) - Although Wall Street’s excesses were the proximate cause of the Great Recession, its fundamental cause lay in the nation’s widening inequality. Extending the Bush tax cuts for the richest Americans would widen that gap further.

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Why Obama Should Put BP Under Temporary Receivership

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Robert Reich's Blog - By Robert Reich - Jun. 01 (Opinion) - It’s time for the federal government to put BP under temporary receivership, which gives the government authority to take over BP’s operations in the Gulf of Mexico until the gusher is stopped. This is the only way the public know what’s going on, be confident enough resources are being put to stopping the gusher, ensure BP’s strategy is correct, know the government has enough clout to force BP to use a different one if necessary, and be sure the President is ultimately in charge.

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The Enthusiasm Gap

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Robert Reich's Blog - By Robert Reich - Mar. 01 (Opinion) - The Dem base is lethargic because congressional Democrats continue to compromise on everything the Dem base cares about. For a year now it’s been nothing but compromises, watered-down ideas, weakened provisions, wider loopholes, softened regulations.

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Slouching Toward Health Care Reform

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Robert Reich's Blog - By Robert Reich - Dec. 19 (Opinion) - "Don't make the perfect the enemy of the better," says the President and congressional insiders when confronted with the sorry spectacle of a health-care bill whose scope and ambition continue to shrink, and whose long-term costs to typical Americans continue to grow. They're right, of course. But by the same logic, neither the White House nor congressional Democrats will be able to celebrate the emerging legislation as a "major overhaul" or "fundamental reform." At best, it's likely to be a small overhaul containing incremental reforms.

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How the White House's Deal With Big Pharma Undermines Democracy

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Robert Reich's Blog - By Robert Reich - Aug. 11 (Opinion) - I'm a strong supporter of universal health insurance, and a fan of the Obama administration. But I'm appalled by the deal the White House has made with the pharmaceutical industry's lobbying arm to buy their support. Last week, after being reported

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Why the Critics of a Public Option for Health Care Are Wrong

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Robert Reich's Blog - By Robert Reich - Jun. 29 (Opinion) - Without a public option, the other parties that comprise America's non-system of health care -- private insurers, doctors, hospitals, drug companies, and medical suppliers -- have little or no incentive to supply high-quality care at a lower cost than they do now.

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How Pharma and Insurance Intend to Kill the Public Option, And What Obama and the Rest of Us Must Do

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Robert Reich's Blog - By Robert Reich - Jun. 05 (Opinion) - They don't want a public option that would compete with private insurers and use its bargaining power to negotiate better rates with drug companies. They argue that would be unfair. Unfair? Unfair to give more people better health care at lower cost? To Pharma and Insurance, "unfair" is anything that undermines their profits.

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Vetting

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Robert Reich's Blog - By Robert Reich - Sep. 08 (Opinion) - Having been through the process of "vetting" prospective cabinet members, I can tell you it's time-consuming, detailed, and thorough. I'd like to think the vetting of a vice presidential nominee would be more so - especially one whose odds of becoming president, should she be elected, are somewhat higher than that of the normal vice president.

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Hillary Clinton Doesn't Listen to Economists

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Robert Reich's Blog - By Robert Reich - May. 05 (Opinion) - When asked this morning by ABC News' George Stephanopoulos if she could name a single economist who backs her call for a gas tax holiday this summer, HRC said "I'm not going to put my lot in with economists." I know several of the economists who have been advising Senator Clinton, so I phoned them right after I heard this. I reached two of them. One hadn't heard her remark and said he couldn't believe she'd say it. The other had heard it and shrugged it off as "politics as usual." That's the problem: Politics as usual.

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Why is HRC Stooping So Low?

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:24:17 -0800

Robert Reich's Blog - By Robert Reich - Dec. 03 (Opinion) - I'm becoming increasingly concerned about the stridency and inaccuracy of charges in Iowa -- especially coming from my old friend. While I'm as hard-boiled as they come about what's said in campaigns, I just don't think Dems should stoop to this.

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