Help Fight “Paycheck Deception”

Union Leaders, I wanted to give you a quick update on the campaign to fight the damaging “paycheck deception” ballot measure. This well-funded campaign driven by wealthy right-wing activists is currently gathering signatures at shopping malls, grocery stores and other...

Ransom Paid

By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog 01 August 11 Anyone who characterizes the deal between the President, Democratic, and Republican leaders as a victory for the American people over partisanship understands neither economics nor politics. The deal does not...

The Empty Bully Pulpit

The president’s compromises might be understandable—if only Obama would explain where he’s leading us. Robert B. Reich | July 27, 2011   Barack Obama is one of the most intelligent and eloquent people to grace the White House, which makes his abject failure to...

The Republican War on Workers’ Rights

By Robert Reich 15 June 11 Why the Republican war on workers’ rights undermines the American economy. he battle has resumed in Wisconsin. The state supreme court has allowed Governor Scott Walker to strip bargaining rights from state workers. Meanwhile,...

The Rise of the Wrecking-Ball Right

By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog 15 July 11 ecently I debated a conservative Republican who insisted the best way to revive the American economy was to shrink the size of government. When I asked him to explain his logic he said, simply, “government is...