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
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We're going to have to have a massive program to get these people permanent housing, ideally near or in their former communities, to get them jobs, to help restart businesses and to provide transportation,
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We don't have to sit by and watch our meritocracy be replaced by a permanent aristocracy, and our democracy be undermined by dynastic wealth.
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Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.
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In America, people with lots of money can easily avoid the consequences of bad bets and big losses by cashing out at the first sign of trouble.
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Conservatives believe the economy functions better if the rich have more money and everyone else has less. But they're wrong. It's just the opposite.
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If we want corporations to act differently, we have to force them to do so through laws that are fully enforced and through penalties higher than the economic benefits of thwarting the laws.
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As long as the big banks are allowed to remain big, their political leverage over Washington will remain big. And as long as their political leverage remains big, the taxpayer and economic tab for the next mess they create will be big.
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It is harder to achieve a balanced life in the year 2001 than it was in the year 1991, ... Ten years of a very solid economy and good economic growth have also created an economy that is more stressful.
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All the signs are that they are going to split off,
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If Guess did not live up to its agreement, if it did not police its cutting and sewing shops to be sure that there were no sweatshops, that the laws were not violated, then it is coming off our Trendsetter list.
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Employers have to understand that if they want to attract and keep good people, they've got to treat those people as whole people who have lives outside work,
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Bill Bradley wants to get democracy back for the American people. There has never been any question about his integrity or trustworthiness.
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He is a little man, slightly stooped, balding, large nose, wide lips, wry smile. He wears thick glasses, ... Locked in the Cabinet.
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It makes absolutely no economic sense for states to pay off companies in a zero-sum contest where no new jobs are created at the end of the day.