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Robert Reich is the nation's 22nd Secretary of Labor and a professor at the University of California at Berkeley.

He has served as labor secretary in the Clinton administration, as an assistant to the solicitor general in the Ford administration and as head of the Federal Trade Commission's policy planning staff during the Carter administration.

He has written eleven books, including The Work of Nations, which has been translated into 22 languages; the best-sellers The Future of Success and Locked in the Cabinet, and his most recent book, Supercapitalism. His articles have appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. Mr. Reich is co-founding editor of The American Prospect magazine. His weekly commentaries on public radio’s "Marketplace" are heard by nearly five million people.

In 2003, Mr. Reich was awarded the prestigious Vaclev Havel Foundation Prize, by the former Czech president, for his pioneering work in economic and social thought. In 2005, his play, Public Exposure, broke box office records at its world premiere on Cape Cod.

Mr. Reich has been a member of the faculties of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and of Brandeis University. He received his B.A. from Dartmouth College, his M.A. from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and his J.D. from Yale Law School.

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Robert Reich's Latest Articles | 412

The Downward Mobility of the American Middle Class

Feb 8, 2012| 

January’s increase in hiring is good news, but it masks a bigger and more disturbing story – the continuing downward mobility of the American middle class. Most... Read »

The Biggest Risk to the Economy in 2012

Feb 1, 2012| 

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos a few days ago, said the “critical risks” facing the American economy this year... Read »

Why No Responsible Democrat Should Want Newt Gingrich to Get the GOP Nomination

Jan 26, 2012| 

Republicans are worried sick about Newt Gingrich’s ascendance, while Democrats are tickled pink. Yet no responsible Democrat should be pleased at the prospect... Read »

The State of Our Disunion: A Globalizing Private Sector, A Government Overwhelmed by Corporate Money

Jan 24, 2012| 

Who should have the primary strategic responsibility for making American workers globally competitive – the private sector or government? This will be a defining... Read »

The Romney Tax Loophole

Jan 18, 2012| 1

After refusing for weeks to release his taxes, Mitt Romney now says he’ll do so — by tax day, April 15. But the real news is what Romney has now admitted about... Read »

The Youthful Magic of Ron Paul

Jan 12, 2012| 6

South Carolina Republican Senator Jim DeMint, the darling of the Tea Party wing nuts of the GOP, is urging Republican candidates to listen to Ron Paul. “One of... Read »

The Bain of Capitalism

Jan 10, 2012| 

It’s one thing to criticize Mitt Romney for being a businessman with the wrong values. It’s quite another to accuse him and his former company, Bain Capital,... Read »

How a Little Bit of Good Economic News Can Be Bad for the President

Jan 9, 2012| 

Two years ago the unemployment rate was 9.9 percent. Now it’s 8.5 percent. At first blush that’s good news for the President. Actually it may not be. Voters... Read »

If Mitt Romney Becomes President I’m to Blame

Jan 5, 2012| 1

Ten years ago I ran for the Democratic nomination for governor of Massachusetts — which would have given me the opportunity, in the general election, to whip Mitt... Read »

The GOP Ticket in 2012: Romney-Rubio

Jan 3, 2012| 1

Since my New Year’s prediction that Obama would select Hillary Clinton for his running mate in 2012 (and Joe Biden would become Secretary of State), I’ve been... Read »

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