Robert Reich

The job creators are members of America's vast middle class and the poor, whose purchases cause businesses to expand and invest.

— Robert Reich

Bankruptcy laws allow companies to smoothly reorganize, but not college graduates burdened by student loans.

— Robert Reich

In the '90s it was irrational exuberance. Now it may be irrational doom and gloom.

— Robert Reich

I'm all in favor of supporting fancy museums and elite schools, but face it: These aren't really charities as most people understand…

— Robert Reich

Well-trained and dedicated employees are the only sustainable source of competitive strength.

— Robert Reich

The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters.

— Robert Reich

Those who take their money abroad in an effort to avoid paying American taxes should lose their American citizenship.

— Robert Reich

The path to success used to be up and through an organization. Now the path to success is increasingly through self-promotion.

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The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of…

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The silent majority really is a liberal majority, even though the word liberal has taken a real beating over the last 20…

— Robert Reich

As public schools deteriorate, the upper-middle class and wealthy send their kids to private ones. As public pools and playgrounds decay, the…

— Robert Reich

Being critical of the nation is a far cry from being unpatriotic or anti-American. In fact, most social criticism . . .…

— Robert Reich

Walmart is so huge that a wage boost at Walmart would ripple through the entire economy, putting more money in the pockets…

— Robert Reich

Tax laws favor capital over labor, giving capital gains a lower rate than ordinary income. The rich get humongous mortgage interest deductions…

— Robert Reich

When I was a kid, the bigger boys would pick on me. So I got an idea that I would make alliances…

— Robert Reich

I knew Hillary Clinton from undergraduate days and was enormously impressed with her. She was a terrific energy and enthusiasm, and a…

— Robert Reich

One of the most difficult things is to get truthful people. Nobody can manage well if they don't have a lot of…

— Robert Reich

I think it's hard to have a brand portal and an economy of trustworthiness in one of them that sloshes over into…

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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…

— Robert Reich

Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign they're not really the establishment. I can't obviously speak for Senator Bernie Sanders or about Planned…

— Robert Reich

To be a skilled politician, you have to be genuine. To really make it work, you have to love people. You have…

— Robert Reich

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

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

A funny thing happened to the First Amendment on its way to the public forum. According to the Supreme Court, money is…

— Robert Reich

In Washington, it's dog eat dog. In academia, it's exactly the opposite.

— Robert Reich

You've got to just follow the money [in Washington]. You see it. There's no countervailing power.

— Robert Reich

In the life of a nation, few ideas are more dangerous than good solutions to the wrong problems.

— Robert Reich

I want a shot for people like me to grow up and do something with themselves.

— Robert Reich

More people are killed by stray bullets every day in America than have been killed by Ebola here. More are dying because…

— Robert Reich

Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 30 years, adjusted for inflation.

— Robert Reich

If we're concerned about volatility of earnings because we want some more stability in our lives, then let's create, instead of an…

— Robert Reich

“Along with individual responsibility goes some societal responsibility to enable young people and their parents to do what they need to do.…

— Robert Reich

As income from work has become more concentrated in America, the super rich have invested in businesses, real estate, art, and other…

— Robert Reich

One thing I've learned from 35 years in the classroom is that people learn best when they are laughing, when they are…

— Robert Reich

Liberals are concerned about the concentration of wealth because it almost inevitably leads to a concentration of power that undermines democracy.

— Robert Reich

The generosity of the super-rich is sometimes proffered as evidence they're contributing as much to the nation's well-being as they did decades…

— Robert Reich

Bill Clinton was a very, very good speaker. But like many people who are great speakers and great thinkers and have a…

— Robert Reich

The fastest growing occupation in the private sector is security guards. The fastest growing occupation in the public sector is prison guards. (1992)

— Robert Reich

If leadership is about anything, it's about leading. Not leading people back to where they already are, because they don't need that.…

— Robert Reich

Official boundaries are often hard to see. If you head north on Woodward Avenue, away from downtown Detroit, you wouldn't know exactly…

— Robert Reich