Robert Reich

Robert Bernard Reich born June 24 1946 is an American professor author lawyer and political commentator He worked in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and served as Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997 in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton He was also a member of President Barack Obamas economic transition advisory board Reich has been the Chancellors Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley since January 2006 He was formerly a lecturer at Harvard Universitys John F Kennedy School of Government 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 and in the same year The Wall Street Journal placed him sixth on its list of Most Influential Business Thinkers He has published 18 books which have been translated into 22 languages including the bestsellers The Work of Nations Reason Saving Capitalism Supercapitalism Aftershock The Next Economy and Americas Future and a bestselling ebook Beyond Outrage He is also board chair emeritus of Common Cause and writes his own blog about the political economy at Robertreichorg The Robert ReichJacob Kornbluth film Saving Capitalism was selected to be a Netflix Original and debuted in November 2017 and their film Inequality for All won a US Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Utah In 2015 Reich and Kornbluth founded Inequality Media a nonprofit digital media company Inequality Medias videos feature Reich discussing topics relating to inequality and power primarily in the United States including universal basic income labor rights protection the racial wealth gap affordable housing and gerrymandering