Robert Reich
Robert Reich
Robert Bernard Reichis an American political commentator, professor, and author. 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth24 June 1946
CountryUnited States of America
country jobs thinking
I think re-engineering or restructuring or downsizing or rightsizing or whatever you want to call it, it's basically firing, has gone way too far. Employees, as I've talked to them across the country, feel that they are not respected, they are not valued, they are worried about their jobs. They simply feel that the company is no longer loyal to them. Why should they be loyal to the company, they ask me. Why should I go the extra mile? Why should I care?
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On the Republican playing field, Republicans always win.
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You can't create a political movement out of pabulum.
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Standing up to bullies is the hallmark of a civilized society.
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In the life of a nation, few ideas are more dangerous than good solutions to the wrong problems.
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Averages don't always reveal the most telling realities. You know, Shaquille O'Neal and I have an average height of 6 feet.
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Globalization and free trade do spur economic growth, and they lead to lower prices on many goods.
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If you want to be a change agent, you have to ready to fail.
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Well-trained and dedicated employees are the only sustainable source of competitive strength.
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Socialism for rich bankers and capitalism for everyone else.
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We need to expand Social Security to prevent the looming retirement crisis, and we can do it simply by asking billionaires to pay their fair share.
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The core corporation is ... increasingly a façade, behind which teems an array of decentralized groups and subgroups continuously contracting with similarly diffuse working units all over the world.
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The Democratic Party is DEAD.
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The fastest growing occupation in the private sector is security guards. The fastest growing occupation in the public sector is prison guards. (1992)