Aug 12, 2015: Robert Reich: Salon: Robert Reich: American CEO pay is completely out of control
Aug 7, 2015: Robert Reich: New American Journal: Voters Align With Candidates Who Revolt Against the Ruling Class
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Apr 14, 2015: Robert Reich: Salon: Hillary’s values aren’t the problem
Mar 24, 2015: Raw Story: Robert Reich demolishes myth that college is the gateway to the middle class
I know a high school senior who’s so worried about whether she’ll be accepted at the college of her choice she can’t sleep. Sept 22, 2014: Robert Reich: AlterNet: Why Donald Trump and Big Corporations Get Breaks that Ordinary People Don't
ON THE RECORD: June 6, 2014: In an article he published on June 6, he writes:
"Mississippi used its new voter-identification law for the first time Tuesday — requiring voters to show a driver’s license or other government-issued photo ID at the polls. The official reason given for the new law is alleged voter fraud, although the state hasn’t been able to provide any evidence that voter fraud is a problem. The real reason for the law is to suppress the votes of the poor, especially African-Americans, some of whom won’t be able to afford the cost of a photo ID. It’s a tragic irony that this law became effective almost exactly fifty years after three young civil rights workers — Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman – were tortured and murdered in Mississippi for trying to register African-Americans to vote." Reich makes no effort to prove his assertion that the ID law will "suppress the votes of the poor." He brings up a fifty year old event that happened in Mississippi's past which had to to with registering African Americans and just assumes that somehow the dots connect between the two. They do not, and maybe that's why he doesn't try. Reich continues: "But last June the Supreme Court’s five Republican appointees decided federal oversight was outmoded and unconstitutional, and that Congress had to set a new formula for deciding which states required federal review of voting law changes — thereby clearing the way for Mississippi’s new voter ID law." Reich blames the partisan Supreme Court for apparently aiding in "suppressing the poor." I will agree that the Supreme Court is partisan and is not necessarily "just" because of that. But, this is the same Supreme Court that Reich applauded for their approval of the Affordable Care Act/Tax. So his consistency in using the Supreme Court as an example is very much based on his own personal bias at any given time and not justice. Reich continues: "The real motive for Reich's interest is personal. He says he "knew Michael Schwerner. He was a kind and generous young man. And he meant a lot to me when I was growing up" It's hard to lose someone you know, but using a Mississippi Vote ID law in order to race bait is a silly way to vent emotion. (SOURCE: Robert Reich: Voting in Mississippi, 2014 and 1964) |
May 9, 2014: MediaIte: Robert Reich Rips White House ‘Numbskull’ Who Arranged Obama Walmart Speech
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich ripped into the White House on Friday for the decision to allow President Barack Obama to hold a press event at a Walmart. Calling the staffer at the White House who planned the event a “numbskull,” Reich wondered how it was possible for the president’s staff to essentially endorse Walmart in spite of what he said was their unfair compensation practices.
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich ripped into the White House on Friday for the decision to allow President Barack Obama to hold a press event at a Walmart. Calling the staffer at the White House who planned the event a “numbskull,” Reich wondered how it was possible for the president’s staff to essentially endorse Walmart in spite of what he said was their unfair compensation practices.
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Jan 29, 2014: Washington Post: Robert Reich: For ‘fast track’ before he was against it?
Former Clinton Labor secretary Robert Reich, now teaching at UC-Berkeley, raised a ruckus Sunday on his Facebook page when he posted: “STOP THE TPP. Jan 15, 2014: Raw Story: WATCH: S.E. Cupp gets an income inequality lesson from Robert Reich
CNN host S.E. Cupp appeared to get more than she bargained for on Wednesday when she pushed back against former Labor Secretary Robert Reich’s contention that the minimum wage be raised. Dec 15, 2013: Daily Caller: Gingrich dismantles Robert Reich’s rant on income inequality: ‘This is baloney’
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich heatedly disputed Robert Reich’s contention that the “War on Poverty’s” initial success was spoiled by decades of Republican “intransigence,” telling the former labor secretary his argument was “baloney.” |
Dec 15, 2013: Raw Story: Robert Reich hammers Newt Gingrich after he blames Democrats for increasing poverty
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich (D) on Sunday lashed out of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) after he refused to accept the Republican Party’s role in the increasing poverty and income inequality in the U.S.
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich (D) on Sunday lashed out of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) after he refused to accept the Republican Party’s role in the increasing poverty and income inequality in the U.S.
Oct 15, 2013: PBS: Why Robert Reich Cares so Passionately about Economic Inequality
Friday’s Making Sen$e segment featured economist Robert Reich and the film about his eternal struggle against “Inequality for All.”
Friday’s Making Sen$e segment featured economist Robert Reich and the film about his eternal struggle against “Inequality for All.”
Sept 13, 2013: Democracy Now: Inequality for All: Robert Reich Warns Record Income Gap Is Undermining Our Democracy
People who are in the top 1 percent are doing even better than they did before the Great Recession, better than they have done since 1928," says former Labor Secretary Robert Reich.
People who are in the top 1 percent are doing even better than they did before the Great Recession, better than they have done since 1928," says former Labor Secretary Robert Reich.
Oct 10, 2011: Youtube: Robert Reich - 7 Lies
Robert Reich reveals the 7 biggest lies about the economy.
Robert Reich reveals the 7 biggest lies about the economy.
Sept 29, 2010: NPR: Reich Blames Economy's Woes On Income Disparity
Economist Robert Reich isn't surprised at the anemic economic recovery from the meltdown in 2008
Economist Robert Reich isn't surprised at the anemic economic recovery from the meltdown in 2008
Dec 6, 2007: New York Review of Books: The Wrecking Ball of Innovation
Supercapitalism is Robert Reich’s account of the way we live now. Its story is familiar, its diagnosis superficial.
Supercapitalism is Robert Reich’s account of the way we live now. Its story is familiar, its diagnosis superficial.
May 5, 2005: UCTV: Robert Reich: How Unequal Can America Get Before We Snap?
Robert Reich, a visiting professor at the UC, Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy and former U.S. Secretary of Labor talks about the inequality of income, wealth and opportunity in the United States and asks his audience to speculate on what will happen if these trends continue
Robert Reich, a visiting professor at the UC, Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy and former U.S. Secretary of Labor talks about the inequality of income, wealth and opportunity in the United States and asks his audience to speculate on what will happen if these trends continue
Robert Bernard Reich ( born June 24, 1946) is an American political economist, professor, author, and political commentator. He served in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and was Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. Reich is currently Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He was formerly a professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and professor of social and economic policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management of Brandeis University. He has also been a contributing editor of The New Republic, The American Prospect (also chairman and founding editor), Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
Reich is a political commentator on programs including Hardball with Chris Matthews, This Week with George Stephanopoulos, CNBC's Kudlow & Company, and APM's Marketplace. In 2008, Time Magazine named him one of the Ten Best Cabinet Members of the century, and The Wall Street Journal in 2008 placed him sixth on its list of the "Most Influential Business Thinkers". He was appointed a member of President-elect Barack Obama's economic transition advisory board. He has published 14 books, including the best-sellers, The Work of Nations, Reason, Supercapitalism, Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future, and a best-selling e-book, "Beyond Outrage". He is also chairman of Common Cause and writes his own blog about the political economy at Robertreich.org. The Robert Reich – Jacob Kornbluth film "Inequality for All" won a U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Utah.
Reich is a political commentator on programs including Hardball with Chris Matthews, This Week with George Stephanopoulos, CNBC's Kudlow & Company, and APM's Marketplace. In 2008, Time Magazine named him one of the Ten Best Cabinet Members of the century, and The Wall Street Journal in 2008 placed him sixth on its list of the "Most Influential Business Thinkers". He was appointed a member of President-elect Barack Obama's economic transition advisory board. He has published 14 books, including the best-sellers, The Work of Nations, Reason, Supercapitalism, Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future, and a best-selling e-book, "Beyond Outrage". He is also chairman of Common Cause and writes his own blog about the political economy at Robertreich.org. The Robert Reich – Jacob Kornbluth film "Inequality for All" won a U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Utah.
