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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The Tea Party grew out of indignation over the Wall Street bailout - an indignation shared by the vast majority of Americans. But the Tea Party ended up directing its ire at government rather than at big business and Wall Street.
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The Tea Party is but one manifestation of a widening perception that the game is rigged in favor of the rich and powerful.
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There are party leaders, big corporation, Wall Street. There are very wealthy individuals who kind of represent where the Democratic Party, the official Democratic Party was and to some extent still is.
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I was there in Washington in the `90s. It was pretty bad then. It`s much worse now [in 2015]. And that vicious cycle is you`ve got again big corporations, executives, Wall Street, very wealthy individuals in both parties who are calling the shots.
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The Democratic Party is DEAD.
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The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters.
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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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It turns out that the labor market is far more flexible than anyone assumed,
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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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Even if there's no way to stop U.S. corporations from shedding their U.S. identities and becoming foreign corporations, there's no reason they should retain the privileges of U.S. citizenship.
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Bill Bradley wants to get democracy back for the American people. There has never been any question about his integrity or trustworthiness.
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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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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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I don't believe that it will make any difference whether it's President George W. Bush or President Al Gore, ... The executive branch is a bit player in this economy.