Robert Reich

  • Follow the lead

    Follow the lead

    Lawrence Summers, treasury secretary under former Democratic President Barack Obama, says the New York City results make him “profoundly...

  • Follow the lead

    Follow the lead

    Lawrence Summers, treasury secretary under former Democratic President Barack Obama, says the New York City results make him “profoundly...

  • Follow the lead

    Follow the lead

    Lawrence Summers, treasury secretary under former Democratic President Barack Obama, says the New York City results make him “profoundly...

  • Irresponsible deal

    Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen just announced that the federal government will hit the limit on total federal debt on January 19, just two days...

  • Corporate power

    Employers added 261,000 jobs in October on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department said Friday. That was down from 315,000 in September....

  • Inflation is a cover

    Corporations are using inflation as an excuse to raise their prices, hurting workers and consumers while they enjoy record profits. Prices are...

  • Safety rules

    By a 6 to 3 vote, with liberal justices in dissent, the Supreme Court yesterday from enforcing a vaccine-or-testing mandate for large employers. The...

  • Labour laws

    The most dramatic change in the system over the last half-century has been the emergence of corporate giants like Amazon and the shrinkage of labor...

  • Robber barons

    Why do big corporations continue to win while workers get shafted? It all comes down to power: who has it, and who doesn’t.Big corporations have...

  • The class divide

    The pandemic is putting America’s deepening class divide into stark relief. Four classes are emerging. The Remotes: These are professional,...

  • The climate solutions

    Both our economy and the environment are in crisis. Wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few while the majority of Americans struggle to get by....

  • Complete disaster

    The Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been a deliberate disaster from the beginning. But don’t take my word for it...

  • Back to work

    Dick Kovacevich, former CEO of Wells Fargo bank, thinks most Americans should return to work in April, urging that we “gradually bring those...

  • Response package

    The public health and economic crises we’re experiencing are closely related. They reveal in stark terms the dangerous mythology of trickle-down...

  • Billionaire land

    America now has more billionaires than at any time in history, while most Americans are struggling to make ends meet. With such staggering...

  • Meritocracy?

    Most Americans still cling to the meritocratic notion that people are rewarded according to their efforts and abilities. But meritocracy is becoming...

  • For the rich

    “America will never be a socialist country”, Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address. Someone should alert Trump that America is...

  • A dangerous dichotomy

    Donald Trump says the midterm elections are a “referendum about me.” Of course they are. Everything is about him.Anyone who still believes the...

  • Global capital

    Trump to global CEOs and financiers in Davos, Switzerland: “America is open for business.” We’re now a great place for you to make money....