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
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Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our people - especially their educations.
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It's true that redistributing income to the needy is politically easier in a growing economy than in a stagnant one.
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How did a shy little Jewish guy like you get to be the most powerful man in America?
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In unity, there is strength, ... And if the AFL-CIO splits, the fear is at least that the entire labor union movement will be less powerful than it is today -- and that's not very powerful.
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The need is there, obviously, ... Baby Boomers are facing retirement in 15 years. We have to encourage savings.
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Employers have to understand that if they want to attract and keep good people, they've got to treat those people as whole people who have lives outside work,
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It turns out that the labor market is far more flexible than anyone assumed,
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It makes absolutely no economic sense for states to pay off companies in a zero-sum contest where no new jobs are created at the end of the day.
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It's a terrific legacy, and if he hadn't supported those stupid tax cuts - it's beyond stupid: regressive and unwise - his reputation would be untarnished.
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Almost a third of these people were below the poverty line, ... would have to include a broad-based plan to revive business, industries and jobs.
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The most important community for an individual will not necessarily be a company but a looser community of people with similar skills and social connections. Continually building up those skills and connections is what a career is today.
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I do think we're in a new era now in which job growth will remain sluggish for quite some time,
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Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together.
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If Guess did not live up to its agreement, if it did not police its cutting and sewing shops to be sure that there were no sweatshops, that the laws were not violated, then it is coming off our Trendsetter list.