Robert Reich
Robert Reich's Latest Articles | 447
The Youthful Magic of Ron Paul
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
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
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
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
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 »
Obama-Clinton in 2012. It’s a Natural.
My political prediction for 2012 (based on absolutely no inside information): Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden swap places. Biden becomes Secretary of State — a position... Read »
Why the Republican Crackup is Bad For America
Two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, the Republican crackup threatens the future of the Grand Old Party more profoundly than at any time since the GOP’s eclipse... Read »
The Defining Issue: Not Government’s Size, but Who It’s For
The defining political issue of 2012 won’t be the government’s size. It will be who government is for. Americans have never much liked government. After all,... Read »
Newt’s Tax Plan, and Why His Polls Rise the More Outrageous He Becomes
Newt Gingrich has done it again. With his new tax plan he has raised the bar from irresponsibility to recklessness. Every dollar estimate I’m about to share with... Read »
Are Mitt and Newt Channeling their Inner Progressives?
Two important reforms are stopping the revolving door between Washington and the nation’s financial giants, and preventing financiers from flipping companies(making... Read »







