Robert Reich
Robert Reich
Robert Bernard Reichis an American political commentator, professor, and author. He served in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and was Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth24 June 1946
CountryUnited States of America
powerful media chill
There`s sort of a chilling effect on non-profits and the media and a lot of other places because the establishment is so powerful. That`s where the money is.
political movement political-movements
You can't create a political movement out of pabulum.
bully hallmark civilized
Standing up to bullies is the hallmark of a civilized society.
moving people inspire
You can't inspire people if you are going to be uninspiring.
wall party calling-the-shots
I was there in Washington in the `90s. It was pretty bad then. It`s much worse now [in 2015]. And that vicious cycle is you`ve got again big corporations, executives, Wall Street, very wealthy individuals in both parties who are calling the shots.
brother jobs lying
I think the Obama Administration has done a lousy job marketing and selling and explaining this entire thing. And, as a result, all of these right-wing front organizations financed by the Koch brothers, are blanketing the airwaves with lies about Obamacare. And people are scared.
police want bedroom
Radical conservatives want to police bedrooms.
knows budgets
Those who analogize the federal budget to a family's budget must know nothing about either.
jobs thinking population
I don't think that our problem, our jobs problem, is fundamentally a problem of trade. I think it has much more to do with the fact that we have not sufficiently educated our population. We have not got out of this great recession with adequate stimulus and adequate fiscal and monetary policies over all.
humorous reality average
Averages don't always reveal the most telling realities. You know, Shaquille O'Neal and I have an average height of 6 feet.
ideas problem dangerous
In the life of a nation, few ideas are more dangerous than good solutions to the wrong problems.
government people bedroom
It's not government's business what people do in their private bedrooms.
failing periods bigs
Any bank that is too big to fail is too big. Period.
technology keys understanding
The key to understanding the rise in inequality isn't technology or globalization. It's the power of the moneyed interests to shape the underlying rules of the market.