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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 Jobs Report: Don’t Break Out the Champagne

Dec 2, 2011| 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ household survey shows unemployment at 8.6 percent, and the payroll survey shows 120,000 new jobs in November (140,000 from the... Read »

The Rebirth of Social Darwinism

Dec 1, 2011| 

What kind of society, exactly, do modern Republicans want? I’ve been listening to Republican candidates in an effort to discern an overall philosophy, a broadly-shared... Read »

Restore the Basic Bargain

Nov 28, 2011| 

For most of the last century, the basic bargain at the heart of the American economy was that employers paid their workers enough to buy what American employers... Read »

The First Amendment Upside Down. Why We Must Occupy Democracy

Nov 22, 2011| 

You’ve been seeing this across the country … Americans assaulted, clubbed, dragged, pepper-sprayed … Why? For exercising their right to free speech and assembly... Read »

Stop the Austerity Train Wreck!

Nov 18, 2011| 

The biggest question right now on Planet Washington is whether the congressional supercommittee will reach an agreement. That’s the wrong question. Agreement or... Read »

Occupiers Occupied: The Hijacking of the First Amendment

Nov 16, 2011| 

A funny thing happened to the First Amendment on its way to the public forum. According to the Supreme Court, money is now speech and corporations are now people.... Read »

Why We May Be In Store for a Passionless Presidential Race

Nov 12, 2011| 

Polls show Americans angrier and more polarized than at any time since the Vietnam War. That’s not surprising. We have the worst economy since the Great Recession... Read »

Trigger Happy: Why Deficit Cuts Should Be Triggered Only When Unemployment Reaches 5 Percent

Nov 10, 2011| 

On planet Washington, where reducing the federal budget deficit continues to be more important than creating jobs, everyone is talking about “triggers” that... Read »

The Corporate Pledge of Allegiance

Nov 8, 2011| 

Despite what the Supreme Court and Mitt Romney say, corporations aren’t people. (I’ll believe they are when Georgia and Texas start executing them.) The Court... Read »

The Seven Biggest Economic Lies

Oct 12, 2011| 

The President’s Jobs Bill doesn’t have a chance in Congress — and the Occupiers on Wall Street and elsewhere can’t become a national movement for a more... Read »

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