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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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Two Cheers and One Jeer for the American Jobs Act

Sep 8, 2011| 

Two cheers for the President and his America’s Jobs Act. Cheer Number One: In presenting it to a joint session of Congress, he sounded as passionate and determined... Read »

Tonight’s Republican Debate: The 19th Century or the Stone Age?

Sep 7, 2011| 

Tonight a bevy of Republican presidential hopefuls hope to emerge as finalists. Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann will battle for the right-wing nut Tea Party finals.... Read »

Romney’s Jobs Plan

Sep 6, 2011| 1

Mitt Romney unveiled his economic plan today. It is unremarkable, to say the least. He wants to lower corporate taxes and reduce regulations. This, he asserts will... Read »

The Zero Economy

Sep 2, 2011| 1

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that no jobs were created in August. Zero. Nada. Well, not quite. The strike at Verizon reduced the labor force by... Read »

Obama’s Jobs Plan: Will He Offer Policy Miniatures or Give ‘em Hell?

Aug 31, 2011| 

Next Wednesday President Obama will unveil his jobs plan. He’ll choose either Plan A or Plan B. Plan A would be big enough to restart the economy (now barely growing)... Read »

Rick Perry’s Secret Plan to Save Blue States from the Red States

Aug 31, 2011| 

Of all the nonsense Texas Governor Rick Perry spews about states’ rights and the tenth amendment, his dumbest is the notion that states should go it alone. “We’ve... Read »

This Labor Day We Need Protest Marches Rather than Parades

Aug 25, 2011| 

Labor Day is traditionally a time for picnics and parades. But this year is no picnic for American workers, and a protest march would be more appropriate than a... Read »

Stock Tip: Be Worried. Workers are Consumers.

Aug 19, 2011| 1

Repeat after me: Workers are consumers. Consumers are workers. We’re slouching toward a double dip, and Wall Street is imploding, because consumers – whose spending... Read »

The President’s Bold Jobs Bill (Maybe)

Aug 17, 2011| 

The President is sounding like a fighter these days. He even says he’ll be proposing a jobs bill in September – and if Republicans don’t go along he’ll fight... Read »

How Austerity Is Ushering in a Global Recession

Aug 16, 2011| 

Not only is the United States slouching toward a double dip, but so is Europe. New data out today show even Europe’s strongest core economies – Germany, France,... Read »

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