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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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The Moral Question

Sep 29, 2011| 

We dodged another shut-down bullet, but only until November 18. That’s when the next temporary bill to keep the government going runs out. House Republicans want... Read »

Why This is Exactly the Time to Rebuild America’s Infrastructure

Sep 26, 2011| 

Seems like only yesterday conservative nabobs of negativity predicted America’s ballooning budget deficit would generate soaring inflation and crippling costs... Read »

When Will Wall Street Call for More Federal Spending?

Sep 22, 2011| 

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped another 3 percent today as Wall Street metabolized the news the rest of America already knows: We’re in a recession. The... Read »

The Republicans’ Latest Ploy to Keep the Economy Lousy through Election Day

Sep 20, 2011| 

Whatever shred of doubt you may have harbored about the determination of congressional Republicans to keep the economy in the dumps through Election Day should now... Read »

A Good Fight

Sep 19, 2011| 

So the really big fight — perhaps the defining battle of 2012 — won’t be over Medicare. It won’t even be over Obama’s jobs program. It will be over whether... Read »

Taxing the Rich, the Obama Way

Sep 18, 2011| 

Warren Buffett is a tough negotiator, which is one reason why he’s the second-wealthiest person in America. So when the President refers to his new initiative... Read »

The Election of 2012: Why the Most Important Issues May Be Off the Table (But Should Be On It)

Sep 16, 2011| 

We’re on the cusp of the 2012 election. What will it be about? It seems reasonably certain President Obama will be confronted by a putative Republican candidate... Read »

The Republican Weapon of Mass Cynicism

Sep 15, 2011| 

According to the latest ABC New/Washington Post poll, 77 percent of Americans say they “feel things have gotten pretty seriously off on the wrong track” in this... Read »

How to Create More Jobs By Lowering Wages: Texas and America

Sep 13, 2011| 

Perry and Romney can duke it out over who created the most jobs, but governors have as much influence over job growth in their states as roosters do over sunrises. States... Read »

The Oddness of the President’s Upcoming Deficit-Reduction Plan

Sep 12, 2011| 

On Monday the President will offer ways to pay for his $467 billion American Jobs Act mostly by increasing taxes on the wealthy. I’m all in favor, but it’s an... Read »

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