Quotes by Robert Reich

About Robert Reich:

Robert Bernard Reich is an American political economist, professor, author, and political commentator. 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.
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Corporations aren't people. They have no brains, no consciences, no capacity for intent or guilt.

Robert Reich

Media outlets that are exploiting Ebola because they want a sensational story and politicians using it to their own ends ought to be ashamed.

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Increasingly, corporate nationality is whatever a corporation decides it is.

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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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If we want corporations to act differently, we have to force them to do so through laws that are fully enforced and through penalties higher than the economic benefits of thwarting the laws.

Robert Reich

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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Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.

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You can't create a political movement out of pabulum.

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The job creators are members of America's vast middle class and the poor, whose purchases cause businesses to expand and invest.

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We don't have to sit by and watch our meritocracy be replaced by a permanent aristocracy, and our democracy be undermined by dynastic wealth.

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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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America spends a fortune on drugs: more per person than any other nation on earth, even though Americans are no healthier than the citizens of other advanced nations.

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Economies are risky. Some industries rise, and others implode, like housing. Some places get richer, and others drop, like Atlantic City. Some people get new jobs that pay better, many lose their jobs or their wages.

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As long as the big banks are allowed to remain big, their political leverage over Washington will remain big. And as long as their political leverage remains big, the taxpayer and economic tab for the next mess they create will be big.

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A Democratic president should propose a major permanent tax reduction on the middle class and working class. I suspect most of the public would find this attractive.

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Yes, the rich will find ways to avoid paying more taxes, courtesy of clever accountants and tax attorneys. But this has always been the case, regardless of where the tax rate is set.

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During three decades from 1947 to 1977, the nation implemented what might be called a basic bargain with American workers. Employers paid them enough to buy what they produced.

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By the mid-1950s, more than a third of all America workers in the private sector were unionized. And the unions demanded and received a fair slice of the American pie.

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Average working people need more fresh starts. Big corporations, banks, and Donald Trump need fewer.

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Official boundaries are often hard to see. If you head north on Woodward Avenue, away from downtown Detroit, you wouldn't know exactly when you left the city and crossed over into Oakland County - except for a small sign that tells you.

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In the 1980s, corporate raiders began mounting unfriendly takeovers of companies that could deliver higher returns to their shareholders - if they abandoned their other stakeholders.

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Author Bio

  • NameRobert Reich
  • DescriptionAmerican political economist
  • BornJune 24, 1946
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionEconomist