Robert Reich

Not to be confused with Robert Raich or Rob Reich.

Robert Reich
Official portrait of Reich in 1993
Official portrait, 1993
22nd United States Secretary of Labor
In office
January 20, 1993 – January 20, 1997
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byLynn Morley Martin
Succeeded byAlexis Herman
Personal details
Born
Robert Bernard Reich

(1946-06-24) June 24, 1946 (age 78)
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
Clare Dalton
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(m. 1973; div. 2012)​

Perian Flaherty
Children2, including Sam
EducationDartmouth College (BA)
University College, Oxford (MA)
Yale University (JD)
AwardsThe VIZE 97 Prize (2003)
WebsiteOfficial website
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2015–present
Subscribers900,000[1]
(Nov 5, 2024)
Total views109.4 million[1]
(Nov 2024)
100,000 subscribers2019
Last updated: September 2024
Robert Reich's voice
Robert Reich discussing his support of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

Robert Bernard Reich (/ˈraɪʃ/;[2] born June 24, 1946) is an American professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator.[3] He worked in the administrations of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter,[4] and served as Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997 in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton.[5][6] He was also a member of President Barack Obama's economic transition advisory board.[7]

Reich has been the Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley since January 2006.[8] He was formerly a lecturer at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government[9] and a professor of social and economic policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management of Brandeis University. In 2008, Time magazine named him one of the Ten Best Cabinet Members of the century,[10] and in the same year The Wall Street Journal placed him sixth on its list of Most Influential Business Thinkers.[11]

Reich has published multiple books,[12] including the best-sellers The Work of Nations (1991), Reason (2004), Supercapitalism (2007), Aftershock (2010), Beyond Outrage (2012), and Saving Capitalism (2015). The Robert Reich–Jacob Kornbluth film Saving Capitalism debuted on Netflix in November 2017, and their film Inequality for All won a U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.[13][14] In 2015, Reich and Kornbluth founded Inequality Media, a nonprofit digital media company.[15] He is also board chair emeritus of Common Cause and blogs at Robertreich.org.[16]

  1. ^ a b "About Robert Reich". YouTube.
  2. ^ "NLS/BPH: Other Writings, Say How? Key to Pronunciation". Loc.gov. February 16, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  3. ^ Gelles, David (November 20, 2017). "Robert Reich, a Multiplatform Gadfly, Comes to Netflix". New York Times.
  4. ^ "Robert Reich teaching at UC Berkeley | UC Berkeley News". newsarchive.berkeley.edu. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  5. ^ "Hall of Secretaries: Robert B. Reich | U.S. Department of Labor". www.dol.gov. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  6. ^ "Robert Reich on America, the Global Economy, and our Future". University of Puget Sound. September 6, 2012. Archived from the original on September 23, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  7. ^ Reich, Robert (November 7, 2008). "Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board: the Full List". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  8. ^ "Robert Reich | Faculty & Affiliated Academics | Faculty & Directories | Goldman School of Public Policy | University of California, Berkeley". gspp.berkeley.edu. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  9. ^ Longworth, R.C (December 6, 1992). "Clinton's top economic adviser likes the unusual". Chicago Tribune. Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
  10. ^ "Robert Reich – Top 10 Best Cabinet Members". TIME. November 13, 2008. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  11. ^ White, Erin (May 5, 2008). "Quest for Innovation, Motivation Inspires the Gurus". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  12. ^ "Author Bio – Robert Reich". Penguin Random House.
  13. ^ "'Inequality for All' wins Sundance award". Ecointersect.com. January 27, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  14. ^ "Exposing the lies at the heart of U.S. capitalism". The Observer / The Japan Times. February 8, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  15. ^ "About". Inequality Media.
  16. ^ Peter Vidani. "Robert Reich". Robert Reich. Retrieved October 24, 2013.