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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Media outlets that are exploiting Ebola because they want a sensational story and politicians using it to their own ends ought to be ashamed.
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is designed for the working poor and the poor. If we are not happy about the results, then the real question we ought to be asking ourselves is whether we should be changing the rules. Wal-Mart is an invitation to have that debate.
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As digital equipment replaces the jobs of routine workers and lower-level professionals, technicians are needed to install, monitor, repair, test, and upgrade all the equipment.
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Government subsidies to elite private universities take the form of tax deductions for people who make charitable contributions to them.
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If we give up on politics, we're done for. Powerlessness is a self-fulfilling prophesy.
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By the mid-1950s, more than a third of all America workers in the private sector were unionized. And the unions demanded and received a fair slice of the American pie.
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Bankruptcy laws allow companies to smoothly reorganize, but not college graduates burdened by student loans.
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We need a national infrastructure bank to rebuild our crumbling highways and water and sewer systems, thereby putting additional people back to work.
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Our young people - their capacities to think, understand, investigate, and innovate - are America's future.
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Average working people need more fresh starts. Big corporations, banks, and Donald Trump need fewer.
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America is one of few advanced nations that allow direct advertising of prescription drugs.
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Those at the top would do better with a smaller share of a booming economy that elicits a positive politics than they will do with an ever-larger share of an anemic economy that fuels the politics of anger.
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Money buys the most experienced teachers, less-crowded classrooms, high-quality teaching materials, and after-school programs.
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Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our people - especially their educations.