Corporations are not people, despite what the Supreme Court says, and they don't need or deserve handouts. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Average working people need more fresh starts. Big corporations, banks, and Donald Trump need fewer. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
If we want corporations to act differently, we have to force them to do so through laws that are fully enforced and… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Corporations aren't people. They have no brains, no consciences, no capacity for intent or guilt. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Even if there's no way to stop U.S. corporations from shedding their U.S. identities and becoming foreign corporations, there's no reason they… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Can we please agree that in the real world, corporations exist for one purpose and one purpose only - to make as… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The core corporation is ... increasingly a façade, behind which teems an array of decentralized groups and subgroups continuously contracting with similarly… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I was there in Washington in the '90s. It was pretty bad then. It's much worse now [in 2015]. And that vicious… — 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
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
There are party leaders, big corporation, Wall Street. There are very wealthy individuals who kind of represent where the Democratic Party, the… — 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
When corporations get special handouts from the government, subsidies and tax breaks, it costs you. It means you have to pay more… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
A funny thing happened to the First Amendment on its way to the public forum. According to the Supreme Court, money is… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Anyone believing the TPP is good for Americans take note: The foreign subsidiaries of U.S.-based corporations could just as easily challenge any… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
One of the things I tell my students is that if you want to understand what's been going on and also what… — 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
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
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