Robert Reich is the nation's 22nd Secretary of Labor and a professor at the University of California at Berkeley. His latest book is "Supercapitalism."

Recent Blog Posts by Robert Reich

• 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
• Obama’s Address to the Nation: A Missed Opportunity to Tell It Like It Is June 17th, 2010
• Why We Are Moving Toward a Recessionary Era, and Why Keynes is Being Exhumed June 14th, 2010
• Why the Main Street Economy Isn’t Getting Any Better June 11th, 2010
• Why Economic Advisors Are Paid to Be Economic Advisors June 10th, 2010
• Put Jobless Young People to Work Cleaning Up BP’s Mess and Order BP to Pay June 6th, 2010
• Why We’re Falling Into a Double-Dip Recession June 4th, 2010
• Friday’s Job Numbers, and What They Won’t Tell Us About America’s Growing Anxious Class June 3rd, 2010
• Obama’s Regulatory Brain May 26th, 2010
• The ‘Mad-As-Hell’ Party Scores as the Anxious Class Stews May 19th, 2010
• Lincoln to the Rescue May 13th, 2010
• Apple Isn’t the Problem. Wall Street’s Big Banks Are the Problem. May 6th, 2010
• The Rebirth of Regulation May 4th, 2010
• The Importance of Getting Wall Street Out of Washington, and Washington Out of Wall Street April 27th, 2010
• Mitch McConnell Gets it Wrong April 20th, 2010
• The Only Way to Prevent Another Bailout of Wall Street is to Cap the Size of Wall Street’s Big Banks April 16th, 2010
• The Future of American Jobs April 12th, 2010
• Break Up the Banks April 8th, 2010
• The Fed in Hot Water April 2nd, 2010
• Fraud on the Street April 1st, 2010
• Why the President’s Next Big Thing Should Be Jobs March 26th, 2010
• The Final Health Care Vote and What it Really Means March 21st, 2010
• Health Care 2010 and 1994, and the Political Lessons of History March 16th, 2010
• Bail Out Our Schools March 9th, 2010
• The Enthusiasm Gap March 1st, 2010
• Bust Up the Health Insurance Trusts February 24th, 2010
• It’s Time to Enact Health Care with 51 Senate Votes February 21st, 2010
• A Thought on Evan Bayh and Partisan America February 16th, 2010
• The National Anthem — And Why we Need Health Care Reform so Desperately February 11th, 2010