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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 | 175

The Final Health Care Vote and What it Really Means

Mar 21, 2010| 

It’s not nearly as momentous as the passage of Medicare in 1965 and won’t fundamentally alter how Americans think about social safety nets. But the likely... Read »

A Worried Postscript to the House Health Care Bill

Mar 19, 2010| 

Nothing that’s legislated is perfect and in my view the good that will come from passing health care legislation outweighs the bad, but be warned: the pending... Read »

Health Care and the Political Lessons of History

Mar 15, 2010| 

Health care reform is necessary, and House Democrats should vote for it because it’s best for the nation. But they should also remember the political lessons... Read »

The Sham Recovery

Mar 12, 2010| 1

Are we finally in a recovery? Who’s “we,” kemosabe? Big global companies, Wall Street, and high-income Americans who hold their savings in financial instruments... Read »

Bail Out Our Schools

Mar 8, 2010| 

Any day now, the Obama administration will announce $4.35 billion in extra federal funds for under-performing public schools. That’s fine, but relative to the... Read »

The Continuing Bad Job Numbers Make It Harder (But Even More Important) to Pass Health Reform

Mar 5, 2010| 

The loss of 36,000 jobs in February is better than expected but it’s still miserable (26,000 were lost in January, according to the government’s revised figures),... Read »

The Enthusiasm Gap

Feb 28, 2010| 

I had dinner the other night with a Democratic pollster who told me Dems are heading toward next fall’s mid-term elections with a serious enthusiasm gap: The Republican... Read »

Bust Up the Health Insurance Trusts

Feb 24, 2010| 

Years ago I worked at an agency in Washington called the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC predates the New Deal. It was set up in 1914 during the administration... Read »

It’s Time To Enact Health Care With 51 Senate Votes

Feb 21, 2010| 3

This week the President is hosting a bipartisan gab-fest at the White House to try to tease out some Republican votes for health care. It’s a total waste of time.... Read »

A Thought on Evan Bayh and Partisan America

Feb 16, 2010| 

Not long ago I was debating someone on television. I thought the discussion was going well until the commercial break when a producer said into my earpiece “be... Read »

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