Topic: Robert Reich

Conservatives Dumb, Says Science

NEW YORK—Hey look! It's that time of year again, and the semi-annual release of some or another study claiming that conservatives are stupid has...
A government watchdog is launching a grassroots movement to promote sending legislation to Congress that would authorize spending limits and make a...

Links for 2012-01-24

Summers and Stimulus - Jared Bernstein The State of Our Disunion - Robert Reich Economic uncertainty is no excuse for inaction - Larry Summers...

Hate Citizens United? Here's An Idea

What do you do when people are growing increasingly angry about the influence of money on the political system -- but that very same political...

Why Taxing the Rich Won't Solve Inequality

It's like we're watching an old sitcom in syndication.. . A Democratic president is promising to restore the middle class, alleviate income...

Lohse: Resist the lure of Wall Street

As the Occupy Wall Street movement rages unabated in Manhattan and spreads to other cities - and even up to the notoriously conservative...

Robert Reich: “The Limping Middle Class”

One of my facebook friends mentioned this op-ed piece by Robert Reich in the New York Times: The Limping Middle Class.. . Starting in the late...

Why Unemployment Will Remain High

It is fitting to publish an article on Labor Day about unemployment. No doubt you already know that the market reacted badly (-2.5%) to last...

Bummer and Lazarus were not Emperor Norton's dogs

0 . Although I appreciate Warren Hinckle's excellent reporting on the Irish coffee glass story ("Glass producer saves S.F. elixir from the grave,"...

Robert Reich

Robert Reich is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley , who served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton . Reich has issued some critiques of the Clintons' conduct during the 2008 Democratic Primary campaign, referring to ...