ROBERT B. REICH, one of the nation’s leading experts on work and the economy, is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. Time Magazine has named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the last century. He has written thirteen books, including his latest best-seller, “Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future;” “The Work of Nations,” which has been translated into 22 languages; and his newest, an e-book, “Beyond Outrage.” His syndicated columns, television appearances, and public radio commentaries reach millions of people each week. He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine, and Chairman of the citizen’s group Common Cause. His widely-read blog can be found at www.robertreich.org.

Recent Blog Posts by Robert Reich

• The Commencement Address That Won’t Be Given May 20th, 2012
• The Dog That Didn’t Bark: Obama on JPMorgan May 17th, 2012
• Of Bedrooms and Boardrooms May 10th, 2012
• A Question of Timing: What America Can Learn from the Revolt in Europe May 7th, 2012
• The Answer Isn’t Socialism; It’s Capitalism that Better Spreads the Benefits of the Productivity Revolution May 7th, 2012
• The Stall Has Arrived May 4th, 2012
• Why the Economy Is Heading for a Stall May 4th, 2012
• The Tinder-Box Society May 2nd, 2012
• How Europe’s Double Dip Could Become America’s April 26th, 2012
• Why “We’re on the Right Track” Isn’t Enough, and What Obama’s Plan Should Be for Boosting the Economy April 22nd, 2012
• The Significance of Citigroup’s Shareholder Revolt April 18th, 2012
• Thoughts on Tax Day 2012 April 17th, 2012
• Why a Fair Economy Is Not Incompatible with Growth but Essential to It April 15th, 2012
• Why the Buffett Rule Sets the Bar Too Low April 11th, 2012
• What Today’s Job Numbers Mean April 8th, 2012
• The Fable of the Century April 6th, 2012
• The Choice in 2012: Social Darwinism or a Decent Society April 4th, 2012
• Whose Recovery? April 1st, 2012
• Break Up the Big Banks, Says the Dallas Fed March 29th, 2012
• Healthcare Jujitsu March 27th, 2012
• The Republican’s Social-Darwinist Budget Plan March 21st, 2012
• If You Took the Greed Out of Wall Street, All You’d Have Left Is Pavement: Why Greg Smith’s Critique Is Way Too Narrow March 18th, 2012
• The Difference Between Private and Public Morality March 14th, 2012
• The Precarious Jobs Recovery March 12th, 2012
• Bye Bye American Pie: The Challenge of the Productivity Revolution March 2nd, 2012
• Stop Starving Public Universities and Shrinking the Middle Class March 1st, 2012
• No Longer Home Sweet Home: The Ongoing Housing Crisis and the End of an Era February 28th, 2012
• As Santorum and Romney Battle for the Loony Right, the Rest of Us Should Not Gloat February 27th, 2012
• Corporations Don’t Need a Tax Cut, So Why Is Obama Proposing One? February 22nd, 2012
• The GOP’s Big Investors February 22nd, 2012
• The Gas Wars February 21st, 2012
• Manufacturing Illusions February 20th, 2012
• The Sad Spectacle of Obama’s Super PAC February 8th, 2012
• The Downward Mobility of the American Middle Class, and Why Mitt Romney Doesn’t Know February 6th, 2012
• America’s Jobs Deficit, and Why It’s Still More Important than the Budget Deficit February 5th, 2012
• The Republican Myth of Obama’s “Entitlement Society” February 2nd, 2012
• The Biggest Risk to the Economy in 2012, and What’s the Economy for Anyway? January 30th, 2012
• Why No Responsible Democrat Should Want Newt Gingrich to Get the GOP Nomination January 27th, 2012
• Who Is Sheldon Adelson and What Has Newt Promised Him? January 25th, 2012
• The State of Our Disunion: A Globalizing Private Sector, A Government Overwhelmed by Corporate Money January 23rd, 2012
• The Romney Tax Loophole January 19th, 2012
• Free Enterprise on Trial January 17th, 2012
• The Bain of Capitalism January 11th, 2012
• How a Little Bit of Good Economic News Can Be Bad for the President January 10th, 2012
• The Decline of the Public Good January 5th, 2012
• The GOP Ticket in 2012: Romney-Rubio January 3rd, 2012
• My Political Prediction for 2012: It’s Obama-Clinton December 29th, 2011
• Why the Republican Crackup Is Bad for America December 21st, 2011
• The Defining Issue: Not Government’s Size, but Who It’s For December 20th, 2011
• An Offer to the President December 15th, 2011
• Newt’s Tax Plan, and Why His Polls Rise the More Outrageous He Becomes December 14th, 2011
• The Remarkable Political Stupidity of the Street December 11th, 2011
• The Most Important Economic Speech of His Presidency December 7th, 2011
• How to Avoid Being a Principled Republican on Taxes December 6th, 2011
• The Jobs Report: Don’t Break Out the Champagne December 4th, 2011
• The Rebirth of Social Darwinism December 1st, 2011
• Restore the Basic Bargain November 29th, 2011
• A Thanksgiving Reflection: Looking Beyond Election Day November 27th, 2011
• The First Amendment Upside Down. Why We Must Occupy Democracy November 22nd, 2011
• Stop the Austerity Train Wreck! November 20th, 2011
• Occupiers Occupied: The Hijacking of the First Amendment November 16th, 2011
• Why We May Be in Store for a Passionless Presidential Race November 13th, 2011
• Trigger Happy: Why Deficit Cuts Should Be Triggered Only When Unemployment Drops to 5 Percent November 11th, 2011
• The Corporate Pledge of Allegiance November 8th, 2011
• Washington Pre-Occupied November 4th, 2011
• Greece’s Choice — and Ours: Democracy or Finance? November 2nd, 2011
• The Occupiers’ Responsive Chord November 1st, 2011
• Wall Street Is Still Out of Control, and Why Obama Should Call for Glass-Steagall and a Breakup of Big Banks October 26th, 2011
• Why We Shouldn’t Be Selling the Right to Live in America October 25th, 2011
• The Flat-Tax Fraud, and the Necessity of a Truly Progressive Tax October 23rd, 2011
• The Meagerness of the Republican Debates, the Smallness of the President’s Solutions, and the Need for a Progressive Alternative October 18th, 2011
• The Rise of the Regressive Right and the Reawakening of America October 16th, 2011
• The Triumph of Dogma, and a Sad Goodbye to David Frum October 14th, 2011
• The Seven Biggest Economic Lies October 12th, 2011
• The Wall Street Occupiers and the Democratic Party October 9th, 2011
• Follow the Money: Behind Europe’s Debt Crisis Lurks Another Giant Bailout of Wall Street October 5th, 2011
• The American Jobs Depression, and How to Get Out of It October 2nd, 2011
• The Moral Question September 30th, 2011
• Why This Is Exactly the Time to Rebuild America’s Infrastructure September 26th, 2011
• When Will Wall Street Call for More Federal Spending? September 23rd, 2011
• The Republicans’ Latest Ploy to Keep the Economy Lousy through Election Day September 21st, 2011
• A Good Fight September 20th, 2011
• Taxing the Rich, the Obama Way September 18th, 2011
• The Republican Weapon of Mass Cynicism September 16th, 2011
• How to Create More Jobs by Lowering Wages: Texas and America September 14th, 2011
• The Oddness of the President’s Upcoming Deficit-Reduction Plan September 13th, 2011
• Two Cheers and One Jeer for the American Jobs Act September 9th, 2011
• Why Inequality Is the Real Cause of Our Ongoing Terrible Economy September 4th, 2011
• Obama’s Jobs Plan: Will He Offer Policy Miniatures or Give ‘em Hell? September 2nd, 2011
• Rick Perry’s Secret Plan to Save Blue States from the Red States August 31st, 2011
• This Labor Day We Need Protest Marches Rather than Parades August 26th, 2011
• Stock Tip: Be Worried. Workers Are Consumers. August 21st, 2011
• The President’s Bold Jobs Bill (Maybe) August 18th, 2011
• Why the President Doesn’t Present a Bold Plan to Create Jobs and Jumpstart the Economy August 10th, 2011
• Slouching Toward a Double Dip, For No Good Reason August 9th, 2011
• Why S&P Has No Business Downgrading the U.S. August 8th, 2011
• The Republican’s Double-Dip, and What Must Be Done August 5th, 2011
• The Hostage Crisis Continues: Why Obama Can’t Pivot to Jobs and Growth August 3rd, 2011
• Ransom Paid August 2nd, 2011
• Don’t Fall for the GOP Lie: There Is No Budget Crisis, There’s a Job and Growth Crisis July 29th, 2011
• The Empty Bully Pulpit July 28th, 2011
• Vicious Cycles: Why Washington Is About to Make the Jobs Crisis Worse July 26th, 2011
• Why Medicare Is the Solution – Not the Problem July 25th, 2011
• The Only Social Security Reform Worth Considering: Raising the Ceiling on Income Subject to It July 24th, 2011
• The Shameful Murder of Dodd Frank July 21st, 2011
• The Dangerous Hi-Jinks of the GOP’s Juveniles July 17th, 2011
• Why Mitch McConnell Will Win the Day July 14th, 2011
• The President’s Jobs Plan (Not) July 13th, 2011
• The Growing Desperation of the Don’t-Raise-Taxes-on-the-Rich Crowd June 17th, 2011
• Why the Republican War on Workers’ Rights Undermines the American Economy June 15th, 2011
• Of Snake Oil, Puff Balls, and the Need for a Real Jobs Plan from the President June 14th, 2011
• The Swamp of Washington and the Morass of the Economy June 13th, 2011
• Why the President Must Come Up with Demand-Side Solutions, and not go Over to the Supply Side June 10th, 2011
• Why the President Must Come Up With Demand-Side Solutions, and Not Go Over to the Supply Side June 9th, 2011
• Why Washington Isn’t Doing Squat About Jobs and Wages June 6th, 2011
• Back Toward Double Dip June 3rd, 2011
• How to Get Washington’s Attention June 2nd, 2011
• The Truth About the American Economy May 31st, 2011
• The Republican Death Wish May 27th, 2011
• The Battle for the Soul of the GOP May 10th, 2011
• Paul Ryan’s Plan, the Coming Shutdown, and What’s Really at Stake April 6th, 2011
• The Truth About the Economy that Nobody in Washington or on Wall Street Will Admit: We’re Heading Back Toward a Double Dip March 31st, 2011
• As the Global Economy Trembles, Our Nation’s Capital Fiddles March 17th, 2011
• Safety on the Cheap March 16th, 2011
• Why Obama Isn’t Fighting the Budget Battle March 11th, 2011
• The Real News on Jobs March 7th, 2011
• The Republican Shakedown February 25th, 2011
• The Coming Shutdowns and Showdowns: What’s Really at Stake February 22nd, 2011
• The Republican Strategy February 20th, 2011
• Budget Baloney (1): Why Social Security Isn’t a Problem for 26 Years, and the Best Way to Fix It Permanently February 17th, 2011
• Why We Should Raise Taxes on the Super-Rich and Lower Them on the Middle Class February 16th, 2011
• The Obama Budget: And Why the Coming Debate Over Spending Cuts Has Nothing to Do with Reviving the Economy February 14th, 2011
• Who Says Republicans Have No New Ideas? February 13th, 2011
• Why the Republican Attack on “Job-Killing Regulations” Is Dumb February 10th, 2011
• Obama’s Deal with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce February 8th, 2011
• The Individual Mandate in the Health Care Bill: Why We Should Trade Broccoli and Asparagus for Hot Dogs and Apple Pie February 7th, 2011
• The Jobs Report, and America’s Two Economies February 4th, 2011
• Stocks Up, Houses Down, and What This Means for Most Americans February 2nd, 2011
• The President Ignored the Elephant in the Room January 27th, 2011
• The State of the Union: What the President Should Say January 24th, 2011
• The Real Economic Lesson China Could Teach Us January 20th, 2011
• The Shameful Attack on Public Employees January 6th, 2011
• New Years Prediction (II): The U.S. Economy in 2011 December 30th, 2010
• New Years Prediction (I): The Tea Party Conservative Strategy for 2011 December 29th, 2010
• The Attack on American Education December 23rd, 2010
• The Year Washington Became ‘Business Friendly’ December 21st, 2010
• The New Tax Deal: Reaganomics Redux December 16th, 2010
• Why America’s Two Economies Continue to Drift Apart, and What Washington Isn’t Doing About It December 14th, 2010
• The Why-Should-I-Get-Out-Of-My-Chair Gap in 2012 December 13th, 2010
• America’s Future in the Global Economy: This Week’s Words and Deeds December 10th, 2010
• Why the Tax Deal Confirms the Republican Worldview December 9th, 2010
• The President’s Last Stand Is No Stand at All: Why the Tax Deal Is an Abomination December 8th, 2010
• The Big Economic Story, and Why Obama Isn’t Telling It December 2nd, 2010
• National Fiscal Hypocrisy Week November 29th, 2010
• Why the Lame Duck Congress Must Extend Jobless Benefits for Hard-Hit Families but Not Tax Cuts for the Rich November 18th, 2010
• The Failure of the G-20 Summit November 14th, 2010
• America’s Two Economies, and Why One Is Recovering and the Other Isn’t November 8th, 2010
• Why Obama Should Learn the Lesson of 1936, not 1996 November 2nd, 2010
• Only $4.2 Billion to Buy this Election? October 28th, 2010
• After the Midterms: Why Democrats Move to the Center, and Republicans Don’t October 25th, 2010
• The Perfect Storm October 19th, 2010
• The Fed’s New Bubble (Masquerading as a Jobs Program) October 18th, 2010
• Why Democrats Should Not Join in Economic Scapegoating October 15th, 2010
• The Secret Big-Money Takeover of America October 10th, 2010
• The Emerging Anti-Trade Coalition, and Its Dangers October 7th, 2010
• Wall Street’s Global Race to the Bottom October 5th, 2010
• Why It’s Foolish to Weaken the Dollar to Create Jobs October 4th, 2010
• Republican Economics as Social Darwinism September 27th, 2010
• The Super Rich Get Richer, Everyone Else Gets Poorer, and the Democrats Punt September 26th, 2010
• Why No Amount of Fiscal or Monetary Stimulus Will Be Enough, Given How Small a Share of Total Income the Middle Now Receives September 22nd, 2010
• Why There’s an Enthusiasm Gap: An Illustration September 21st, 2010
• Why Getting Tough with China Won’t Solve Our Jobs Problem September 17th, 2010
• The Two Categories of American Corporation — And Their Politics September 13th, 2010
• Why Obama Is Proposing Whopping Corporate Tax Cuts, and Why He’s Wrong September 7th, 2010
• The Real Lesson of Labor Day September 6th, 2010
• The Great Jobs Depression Worsens, and the Choice Ahead Grows Starker September 3rd, 2010
• The Stock Market Rally Versus the World’s Economic Fundamentals September 2nd, 2010
• Why a Civil Society Extends Unemployment Benefits August 31st, 2010
• Warning: Why Cheaper Money Won’t Mean More Jobs August 30th, 2010
• The Two Stories of This Terrible Economy, Yet Obama and the Dems Won’t Tell Theirs August 27th, 2010
• Tax Jujitsu: Why Democrats Should Propose a “People’s Tax Cut” August 26th, 2010
• Corporate Rotten Eggs August 23rd, 2010
• Why the Unfolding Disaster in Pakistan Should Concern You August 19th, 2010
• Why Growth Is Good August 19th, 2010
• The Truth About China as #2 August 17th, 2010
• Forget a Double Dip, We’re Still in One Long Big Dipper August 15th, 2010
• The Jobs Emergency August 10th, 2010
• Greenspan, Rubin, and Herbert Hoover August 9th, 2010
• We’re Even Deeper in the Hole August 6th, 2010
• The Enthusiasm Gap and You August 5th, 2010
• Why We Really Shouldn’t Keep the Bush Tax Cut for the Wealthy August 3rd, 2010
• The Final Lesson of BP July 29th, 2010
• The Great Decoupling of Corporate Profits From Jobs July 27th, 2010
• We’re in a One-and-a-Half Dip Recession July 22nd, 2010
• The New Finance Bill: A Mountain of Legislative Paper, a Molehill of Reform July 16th, 2010
• The Root of Economic Fragility and Political Anger July 13th, 2010
• The Vanishing American Consumer and the Coming Trade War July 9th, 2010
• Slouching Toward a Double Dip or a Lousy Recovery at Best July 6th, 2010
• Why China’s Currency Announcement Is Hokum June 21st, 2010
• Joe Barton and the Big Big Debate June 18th, 2010