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Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor and Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, has a new film, "Inequality for All," to be released September 27. He blogs at www.robertreich.org.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
#12: Most Important Of All -- Get Big Money Out Of Politics At the rate we're going, the 2016 election is likely to be the most expensive in history -- and the moneyed interests will be responsible for most of it. Our democracy is broken, and we must fix it. Easy to say, but how do we do it?
Tuesday, June 23, 2015#12: Most Important Of All -- Get Big Money Out Of Politics At the rate we're going, the 2016 election is likely to be the most expensive in history -- and the moneyed interests will be responsible for most of it. Our democracy is broken, and we must fix it. Easy to say, but how do we do it?
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Thursday, September 24, 2020
For RBG it was all Principle, for Mitch McConnell it's all Power People in public life tend to fall into one of two broad categories -- those who are motivated by principle, and those motivated by power. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday night at the age of 87, exemplified the first. People in public life tend to fall into one of two broad categories -- those who are motivated by principle, and those motivated by power.
Thursday, September 24, 2020For RBG it was all Principle, for Mitch McConnell it's all Power People in public life tend to fall into one of two broad categories -- those who are motivated by principle, and those motivated by power. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday night at the age of 87, exemplified the first. People in public life tend to fall into one of two broad categories -- those who are motivated by principle, and those motivated by power.
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Friday, May 20, 2011
Why We Need to Rein In Government Contractors That Use Taxpayer Money for Political Advantage President Obama is mulling an executive order to force big government contractors to disclose details of their political spending. Big businesses are already telling their political patrons in Congress to oppose it -- and the pressure is building.
Friday, May 20, 2011Why We Need to Rein In Government Contractors That Use Taxpayer Money for Political Advantage President Obama is mulling an executive order to force big government contractors to disclose details of their political spending. Big businesses are already telling their political patrons in Congress to oppose it -- and the pressure is building.
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Friday, March 2, 2012
Bye Bye American Pie: The Challenge of the Productivity Revolution Many of the gains are distributed narrowly in the form of profits to owners, and fat compensation packages to the "talent." The share of the gains going to everyone else in the form of wages and salaries has been shrinking. It's now the smallest since the government began keeping track in 1947. If the trend continues, inequality will become ever more extreme.
Friday, March 2, 2012Bye Bye American Pie: The Challenge of the Productivity Revolution Many of the gains are distributed narrowly in the form of profits to owners, and fat compensation packages to the "talent." The share of the gains going to everyone else in the form of wages and salaries has been shrinking. It's now the smallest since the government began keeping track in 1947. If the trend continues, inequality will become ever more extreme.
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
What Tuesday's Election Results Really Mean A few decades ago McAuliffe would be viewed as a right-wing Democrat and Christie as a right-wing Republican. Both garnered their major support from corporate America, and both will reliably govern as fiscal conservatives who won't raise taxes on the wealthy. Both look moderate only by contrast with the Tea Partiers to their extreme right.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013What Tuesday's Election Results Really Mean A few decades ago McAuliffe would be viewed as a right-wing Democrat and Christie as a right-wing Republican. Both garnered their major support from corporate America, and both will reliably govern as fiscal conservatives who won't raise taxes on the wealthy. Both look moderate only by contrast with the Tea Partiers to their extreme right.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Republican's Social-Darwinist Budget Plan Cuts would come out of food stamps, Pell grants to offset the college tuition of kids from poor families, and scores of other programs that now help middle-income and the poor. The plan also calls for repealing Obama's health-care overhaul, thereby eliminating healthcare for 30 million Americans and allowing insurers to discriminate against (and drop from coverage) people with pre-existing conditions.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012The Republican's Social-Darwinist Budget Plan Cuts would come out of food stamps, Pell grants to offset the college tuition of kids from poor families, and scores of other programs that now help middle-income and the poor. The plan also calls for repealing Obama's health-care overhaul, thereby eliminating healthcare for 30 million Americans and allowing insurers to discriminate against (and drop from coverage) people with pre-existing conditions.
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Thursday, January 1, 2015
Out with 2014, In with 2015, and Up with People Turnout in the 2014 midterm elections was the lowest in decades. This is exactly what the moneyed interests want. If we give up on politics we give up on democracy, and they can take over all of it. Never underestimate what we can, and will, accomplish together. Organizing. Mobilizing. Energizing. Making a ruckus.
Thursday, January 1, 2015Out with 2014, In with 2015, and Up with People Turnout in the 2014 midterm elections was the lowest in decades. This is exactly what the moneyed interests want. If we give up on politics we give up on democracy, and they can take over all of it. Never underestimate what we can, and will, accomplish together. Organizing. Mobilizing. Energizing. Making a ruckus.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
How the Right Wing is Killing Women Some American women are dying during pregnancy and childbirth from health problems they had before they became pregnant but worsened because of the pregnancies -- such as diabetes, kidney disease, and heart disease. Researchers aren't sure what's happening but they're almost unanimous in pointing to a lack of access to health care, coupled with rising levels of poverty.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014How the Right Wing is Killing Women Some American women are dying during pregnancy and childbirth from health problems they had before they became pregnant but worsened because of the pregnancies -- such as diabetes, kidney disease, and heart disease. Researchers aren't sure what's happening but they're almost unanimous in pointing to a lack of access to health care, coupled with rising levels of poverty.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Who Wins from Trump's Final Travesty? Leave it to Trump and his Republican allies to spend more energy fighting non-existent voter fraud than containing a virus that has killed 244,000 Americans and counting. The cost of this misplaced attention is incalculable. While COVID-19 surges to record levels, there's still no national strategy for equipment, stay at home orders, mask mandates or disaster relief.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020Who Wins from Trump's Final Travesty? Leave it to Trump and his Republican allies to spend more energy fighting non-existent voter fraud than containing a virus that has killed 244,000 Americans and counting. The cost of this misplaced attention is incalculable. While COVID-19 surges to record levels, there's still no national strategy for equipment, stay at home orders, mask mandates or disaster relief.
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Monday, August 8, 2011
Slouching Toward a Double Dip, For No Good Reason The most important aspect of policy making is getting the problem right. We are slouching toward a double dip because we're getting the problem wrong. Despite what Standard & Poor's says, notwithstanding what's occurring in Europe, and regardless of U.S. budget projections years from now -- our current crisis is jobs, wages, and growth. We do not now have a debt crisis.
Monday, August 8, 2011Slouching Toward a Double Dip, For No Good Reason The most important aspect of policy making is getting the problem right. We are slouching toward a double dip because we're getting the problem wrong. Despite what Standard & Poor's says, notwithstanding what's occurring in Europe, and regardless of U.S. budget projections years from now -- our current crisis is jobs, wages, and growth. We do not now have a debt crisis.
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Saturday, December 5, 2015
Paul Ryan's 7 Terrible Ideas The new Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, summed up his House Republican agenda -- vowing to pursue legislation that would frame a stark choice for voters in 2016. "Our No. 1 goal for the next year is to put together a complete alternative to the left's agenda," he said. Despite the speech's sweeping oratory and careful stagecraft, Ryan clings to seven dumb ideas that will only help the rich.
Saturday, December 5, 2015Paul Ryan's 7 Terrible Ideas The new Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, summed up his House Republican agenda -- vowing to pursue legislation that would frame a stark choice for voters in 2016. "Our No. 1 goal for the next year is to put together a complete alternative to the left's agenda," he said. Despite the speech's sweeping oratory and careful stagecraft, Ryan clings to seven dumb ideas that will only help the rich.
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Two Cheers and One Jeer for the American Jobs Act Why did the President include so many tax cuts, and why didn't he make his proposal sufficiently large to make a real impact on jobs and growth? Because he crafted it in order to appeal to Republicans. To get it enacted, he needs their votes. The President would have done better with a plan that was big enough to make a real difference. And then, when Republicans rejected it, campaign on it.
Friday, September 9, 2011Two Cheers and One Jeer for the American Jobs Act Why did the President include so many tax cuts, and why didn't he make his proposal sufficiently large to make a real impact on jobs and growth? Because he crafted it in order to appeal to Republicans. To get it enacted, he needs their votes. The President would have done better with a plan that was big enough to make a real difference. And then, when Republicans rejected it, campaign on it.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Overtime: Finally, A Break For The Middle Class Corporate profits have doubled over the last three decades -- from about 6% of GDP to about 12% -- while wages have fallen by almost exactly the same amount. The erosion of overtime and other labor protections is one of the main factors worsening inequality. A higher overtime threshold will help reverse this trend. Finally, a bit of good news for hard-working Americans.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015Overtime: Finally, A Break For The Middle Class Corporate profits have doubled over the last three decades -- from about 6% of GDP to about 12% -- while wages have fallen by almost exactly the same amount. The erosion of overtime and other labor protections is one of the main factors worsening inequality. A higher overtime threshold will help reverse this trend. Finally, a bit of good news for hard-working Americans.
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Monday, November 23, 2015
Five Prerequisites for War Against ISIS As we move toward war against ISIS, we must be vigilant -- to fairly allocate the burdens of who's called on to fight the war, to protect civil liberties, to protect innocent civilians abroad, to avoid hate and bigotry, and to fairly distribute the cost of paying for war. These aren't just worthy aims. They are also the foundations of our nation's strength.
Monday, November 23, 2015Five Prerequisites for War Against ISIS As we move toward war against ISIS, we must be vigilant -- to fairly allocate the burdens of who's called on to fight the war, to protect civil liberties, to protect innocent civilians abroad, to avoid hate and bigotry, and to fairly distribute the cost of paying for war. These aren't just worthy aims. They are also the foundations of our nation's strength.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015
The Perils of Circus Politics Political parties used to sift through possible candidates and winnow the field. Now the parties play almost no role. Anyone with some very wealthy friends can set up a Super PAC. Or if you're a billionaire, you can finance your own campaign. If you're sufficiently outrageous and outspoken, a lot of your publicity will be free. Since Trump announced his candidacy last June, he hasn't spent any money at all on TV advertising.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015The Perils of Circus Politics Political parties used to sift through possible candidates and winnow the field. Now the parties play almost no role. Anyone with some very wealthy friends can set up a Super PAC. Or if you're a billionaire, you can finance your own campaign. If you're sufficiently outrageous and outspoken, a lot of your publicity will be free. Since Trump announced his candidacy last June, he hasn't spent any money at all on TV advertising.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Five Responses to Climate Change Deniers At this point, anyone who denies climate change is either willfully ignorant or complicit in protecting fossil fuel profits over the safety and security of our children and grandchildren.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019Five Responses to Climate Change Deniers At this point, anyone who denies climate change is either willfully ignorant or complicit in protecting fossil fuel profits over the safety and security of our children and grandchildren.
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Memo to the President: Your Next Debate Be indignant, but measured and steady -- as you naturally are. Practice your closing (your last closing was listless) so the nation can see clearly the choice: We're all in it together, or we're on our own.
Monday, October 15, 2012Memo to the President: Your Next Debate Be indignant, but measured and steady -- as you naturally are. Practice your closing (your last closing was listless) so the nation can see clearly the choice: We're all in it together, or we're on our own.
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Thursday, March 31, 2016
Why Mainstream Media Disses Bernie because the major media depend on the wealthy and powerful for revenues, because their reporters and columnists rely on the establishment for news and access, because their top media personalities socialize with the rich and powerful and are themselves rich and powerful... hemselves part of the establishment, the major media have come to see much of America through the eyes of the establishment
Thursday, March 31, 2016Why Mainstream Media Disses Bernie because the major media depend on the wealthy and powerful for revenues, because their reporters and columnists rely on the establishment for news and access, because their top media personalities socialize with the rich and powerful and are themselves rich and powerful... hemselves part of the establishment, the major media have come to see much of America through the eyes of the establishment
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Sunday, November 15, 2020
Debunking Trump's Post-Election Lies Even though Joe Biden won the highest percentage of the popular vote for any challenger since FDR in 1932, the Trump campaign is fighting in courtrooms across the country in a desperate attempt to overturn the results.
Sunday, November 15, 2020Debunking Trump's Post-Election Lies Even though Joe Biden won the highest percentage of the popular vote for any challenger since FDR in 1932, the Trump campaign is fighting in courtrooms across the country in a desperate attempt to overturn the results.
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Thursday, March 17, 2016
Tell Your Senators to Do Their Job The Constitution doesn't give the Senate leader the right to delay and obstruct the rest of the Senate from voting on a President's nominee. Yet this is what the current Republican leadership argues. In refusing to vote or even hold a hearing on the President's nominee to the Supreme Court, the GOP is abdicating its constitutional responsibility. It's not doing its job.
Thursday, March 17, 2016Tell Your Senators to Do Their Job The Constitution doesn't give the Senate leader the right to delay and obstruct the rest of the Senate from voting on a President's nominee. Yet this is what the current Republican leadership argues. In refusing to vote or even hold a hearing on the President's nominee to the Supreme Court, the GOP is abdicating its constitutional responsibility. It's not doing its job.
