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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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Stimulus Plan: The Need and the Size

Jan 6, 2009 · 0 Comments 

The core problem we face is not access to capital. The Treasury has already flooded Wall Street and the banking system with money, committing nearly $350 billion;... >>>

Stimulate the Economy by Mending Our Safety Nets

Jan 5, 2009 · 0 Comments 

Lots of talk this week about the proposed stimulus. One high priority ought to be the most vulnerable members of our society. The safety net created in the 1930s... >>>

Thoughts on the End of a Hell of a Year

Dec 31, 2008 · 0 Comments 

The biggest thing to happen to me this year was the birth of my first grandchild, a little girl named Ella. I know this kind of thing happens all the time and frankly... >>>

Holiday Thoughts about Three Especially Vulnerable Groups

Dec 28, 2008 · 0 Comments 

I try to be optimistic — especially this time of year when the days are short and cold, when almost everybody things everyone else is having a better time... >>>

The Debate to Come over Wall Street, Autos, and Everything Else: Cyclical or Structural?

Dec 24, 2008 · 0 Comments 

First prediction for 2009: A widening gap between the public’s view of the bailouts of Wall Street and Detroit, and the views of the direct beneficiaries.... >>>

The Housing Bubble Continues to Burst

Dec 23, 2008 · 0 Comments 

The National Association of Realtors said today that home prices have now dropped to the point where they’ve wiped out all the gainsin housing prices since... >>>

George Bush’s Final Christmas Present

Dec 19, 2008 · 0 Comments 

The President’s lifeline to the auto industry includes the provision Senate Republicans were insisting on last week, which scuttled the deal — cuts... >>>

Greenspan and Democracy

Dec 18, 2008 · 0 Comments 

Alan Greenspan, writing in the current issue of the Economist, argues that in the future banks will need more of a capital cushion than they needed before the crisis... >>>

The Big Three and TARP: What Happened to Democracy?

Dec 17, 2008 · 0 Comments 

What’s happened to democracy? GM and Chrysler say they desperately need money to avoid bankruptcy in the next few weeks. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson now... >>>

And Now Deflation

Dec 16, 2008 · 0 Comments 

Consumer prices fell by 1.7 percent last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s the steepest drop in 61 years. Why? Because producers... >>>

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