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
You might say those who can't repay their student debts shouldn't have borrowed in the first place. But they had no way… — 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
I think the Obama Administration has done a lousy job marketing and selling and explaining this entire thing. And, as a result,… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The federal budget deficit isn't the nation's major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldn't be our major goal. Our problem is lack… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I don't think that our problem, our jobs problem, is fundamentally a problem of trade. I think it has much more to… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The intellectual equipment needed for the job of the future is an ability to define problems, quickly assimilate relevant data, conceptualize and… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The only sure way to stop excessive risk taking on Wall Street so you don't risk losing your job, or your savings… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Not only do unemployment benefits help families who are hurting; they also put money into their pockets that they'll then spend -… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Evidence suggests jobs are crucial not only to economic well-being but also to self-esteem. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Obviously, personal responsibility is important. But there's no evidence that people who are poor are less ambitious than anyone else. In fact,… — 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
In reality, most of America's poor work hard, often in two or more jobs. — 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
As digital equipment replaces the jobs of routine workers and lower-level professionals, technicians are needed to install, monitor, repair, test, and upgrade… — 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
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
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
