Conservatives believe the economy functions better if the rich have more money and everyone else has less. But they're wrong. It's just… — 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
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
The problem right now is jobs. The problem right now is the economy and economic growth. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Higher education isn't just a personal investment. It's a public good that pays off in a more competitive workforce and better-informed and… — 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
To get back to the kind of shared prosperity and upward mobility we once considered normal will require another era of fundamental… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Walmart is so huge that a wage boost at Walmart would ripple through the entire economy, putting more money in the pockets… — 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
One logical consequence of this New Economy composed of big brands and entrepreneurial groups is that the unit of production is no… — 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
It's very hard to establish an economy of trustworthiness. The key is continuing to innovate and to keep your customers through innovation,… — 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
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
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
The only way back toward a democracy and economy that work for the majority is for most of us to get politically… — 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
We are creating a one size fits all system that needlessly brands many young people as failures, when they might thrive if… — 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
