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
I think that it's difficult to talk about large questions of economics or social policy without understanding the building blocks of society.… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
If consumers don't have the wherewithal to spend because all the money's going to the top, and the people at the top… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The problem right now is jobs. The problem right now is the economy and economic growth. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
We're now moving toward a radically different economy. You absolutely can't have a distribution oligopoly. The new oligopolies - and I think… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Technology enables consumers and investors to have extraordinary choice and ease of switching, which, in turn, stimulates much fiercer competition than ever… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The managers of the big brands have a very clear responsibility. It's attracting and keeping talented people in order to sustain and… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
We're the richest economy in the history of the world. For the majority of Americans not to get the benefits of this… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Now we're in a very different economy. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s American management started to do the right things. There… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality fo result. Its equality of… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I started in the law; and the study of law, when it precedes the study of economics, gives you a set of… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
It's true that redistributing income to the needy is politically easier in a growing economy than in a stagnant one. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
No economy can continue to function when the vast middle class and everybody else don't have enough purchasing power to buy what… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Economies are risky. Some industries rise, and others implode, like housing. Some places get richer, and others drop, like Atlantic City. Some… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Some argue shareholder capitalism has proven more efficient. It has moved economic resources to where they're most productive, and thereby enabled the… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I am not an economic determinist. If I were, I would throw up my hands; I just would not bother. I think… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Those at the top would do better with a smaller share of a booming economy that elicits a positive politics than they… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
We can't have extraordinary dynamism, innovation, and change in the economy and expect to have predictability and stability in our personal lives.… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The core principle is that we want an economy that works for everyone, not just for a small elite. We want equal… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
You and I and almost all Americans are beneficiaries of the new economy. But we are also losing parts of our lives… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
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 Image
