It's not government's business what people do in their private bedrooms. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Drug company payments to doctors are a small part of a much larger strategy by Big Pharma to clean our pockets. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The job creators are members of America's vast middle class and the poor, whose purchases cause businesses to expand and invest. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Instead of worrying about who's American and who's not, here's a better idea: Create incentives for any global company to do what… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
As to the meaning of "corporate social responsibility," Friedman and I would agree: If a certain action improves the corporation's bottom line,… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Rather than subsidize 'American' exporters, it makes more sense to subsidize any global company - to the extent it's adding to its… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
As income from work has become more concentrated in America, the super rich have invested in businesses, real estate, art, and other… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
America's real business leaders understand unless or until the middle class regains its footing and its faith, capitalism remains vulnerable. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
We do not want to live in a theocracy. We should maintain that barrier and government has no business telling someone what… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The Tea Party grew out of indignation over the Wall Street bailout - an indignation shared by the vast majority of Americans.… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
When top executives get huge pay hikes at the same time as middle-level and hourly workers lose their jobs and retirement savings,… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
There's a great debate going on, you know, on whether we're moving toward a system of giant oligopolies or a system of… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I think re-engineering or restructuring or downsizing or rightsizing or whatever you want to call it, it's basically firing, has gone way… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
No company can be expected to build a nuclear reactor, an oil well, a coal mine, or anything else that's one hundred… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
In the early 1970s, Milton Friedman argued that corporations should not be socially responsible because they had no mandate to be; they… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Corporations don't create jobs, customers do. So when all the economic gains go to the top, as they're doing now, the vast… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Here's why I think the public service jobs are almost unavoidable: When we have downturns in the economy - and we will,… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Patagonia, a large apparel manufacturer based in Ventura, California, has organized itself as a 'B-corporation.' That's a for-profit company whose articles of… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I think it's hard to have a brand portal and an economy of trustworthiness in one of them that sloshes over into… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
During three decades from 1947 to 1977, the nation implemented what might be called a basic bargain with American workers. Employers paid them enough… — Robert Reich Copy Share
A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work… — Robert Reich Copy Share
The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches - with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the grindstone -… — Robert Reich Copy Share
If you give up on politics, you're giving up on democracy. And if you give up on democracy, you're basically saying to the moneyed… — Robert Reich Copy Share
Given that ever-broadening array of options and alternatives, as consumers and investors, we are often bewildered. We need guidance. That's where today's brands come… — Robert Reich Copy Share
I knew Hillary Clinton from undergraduate days and was enormously impressed with her. She was a terrific energy and enthusiasm, and a great organizer.… — Robert Reich Copy Share
Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do. — Robert Reich Copy Share
Community colleges are great bargains. They avoid the fancy amenities four-year liberal arts colleges need in order to lure the children of the middle… — Robert Reich Copy Share
Today, for good or ill, people are thinking about many social problems from the standpoint of their own kitchen tables. I think the way… — Robert Reich Copy Share
There's sort of a chilling effect on non-profits and the media and a lot of other places because the establishment is so powerful. That's… — Robert Reich Copy Share
We already have an annual wealth tax on homes, the major asset of the middle class. It's called the property tax. Why not a… — Robert Reich Copy Share
