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Tag: Robert Reich

Trying to look sympathetically at Trans-Pacific Partnership

April 20, 2015 Arthur Lieber Business, Consumer issues, Corporations, Economy, Employment, Foreign Policy, International, Labor and unions, Obama Leave a comment

In the 19th Century, the Victorian historian Thomas Carlyle coined the phrase “dismal science” for the field of economics. With the help of new

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Robert Reich: The war on the poor and working class, in 2 min., 15 sec.

February 19, 2014 Susan Cunningham Activism, Consumer issues, Corporations, Economy, Employment, Labor and unions, Poverty, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

This is the best summary of the not-so-hidden agenda of the corporate class to weaken the tiny bit of power the working class still

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Good news on jobs means good wages

March 10, 2011 Arthur Lieber Economy, Employment, Labor and unions Leave a comment

  Robert Reich has been a contrarian about most of the Obama economic policies, but that does not necessarily make him a negative person. 

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The decline and fall of American economic values, in pictures

September 21, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Economy Leave a comment

  Economist Robert Reich knows how to tell a story. His blog postings, op-eds and tv commentaries never fail to be straightforward and to

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