Robert Reich
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The Two Centers of Unaccountable Power in America
There are two great centers of unaccountable power in the American political-economic system today — places where decisions that significantly affect large numbers... Read »
Ways to Create Jobs and Reduce Inequality
Jobs are returning with depressing slowness, and most of the new jobs pay less than the jobs that were lost in the Great Recession. Economic determinists — fatalists,... Read »
The Quiet Closing of Washington
Conservative Republicans in our nation’s capital have managed to accomplish something they only dreamed of when Tea Partiers streamed into Congress at the start... Read »
Economic Storm Clouds Ahead
Economic forecasters exist to make astrologers look good. But the recent jubilance is enough to make even weather forecasters blush. “Just look at the bull market!... Read »
Lessons from the World of Tax Avoidance
A Senate report criticises Apple (AAPL) for shifting billions of dollars in profits into Irish affiliates where its tax rate is less than 2%, yet a growing chorus... Read »
Who needs Republicans when Wall Street has the Democrats?
With the help of congressional Democrats, the Street is rolling back financial reforms enacted after its near meltdown. According to the New York Times, a bill that’s... Read »
The Real Scandal and Systemic Abuse of Power
“This systematic abuse cannot be fixed with just one resignation, or two,” said David Camp, the Republican chairman of the House tax-writing committee, at an... Read »
Pyromaniacs on the Potomac: The Problem With Obama’s Second Term
Six months into a second term and the Obama White House is on the defensive and floundering: Benghazi, the IRS’s investigations of right-wing groups, the Justice... Read »
Sexual Assaults and Nuclear Missiles: What’s the Matter With the Military?
After years of repeated reports of sexual assaults — and years of promises to prevent them, and then years of studies and commissions to find the best way of doing... Read »
The Hollowing Out of Government
The West, Texas chemical and fertilizer plant where at least 15 were killed and more than 200 injured a few weeks ago hadn’t been fully inspected by the Occupational... Read »
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