Robert Reich

Robert Reich22.08.2026

What the wealthy and powerful — and Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent — don’t want you to know. The U.S. national debt has officially surpassed $40 trillion, months earlier than forecasters had expected — because of billions of dollars in lost revenue from Trump’s invalidated tariffs, Trump’s tax cuts (mostly to big corporations and the very […]

Robert Reich21.08.2026

Trump says he directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” military drills with South Korea, citing his “very good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un” — whom he calls “unthreatening and respectful.” Kim Jong Un is unthreatening and respectful? Hello? Trump also says he’s miffed at South Korea for refusing to help […]

Robert Reich15.08.2026

All of this seemed confirmed by a recent headline in The Economist: WHY PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 55 ARE THE NEW PROBLEM GENERATION. I keep hearing that we Boomers are to blame for just about everything wrong with America — unaffordable housing (because we bought up most of the housing stock and now refuse […]

Robert Reich11.08.2026

Its costs and risks are gigantic. Its benefits, unproven. I’m going to make a proposal today that’s almost certain to get me consigned to the neo-Luddite dustbin of history. But first, let me lay out some facts. Rather than producing jobs, the U.S. economy actually lost 23,000 job in July, according to Bureau of Labor […]

Robert Reich22.07.2026

Is it possible to be loyal to Trump and preserve one’s integrity? There’s been a lot of discussion this past week about the meaning of integrity. You didn’t hear the word used directly; it was alluded to indirectly — in wondering whether Lindsey Graham was an immoral opportunist or clever pragmatist; in suspecting Todd Blanche […]

Robert Reich13.07.2026

As we lose jobs and the middle class contracts, where will consumer demand come from? Through the end of June, about $3.2 trillion in AI deals have occurred this year. That’s a 45 percent jump from a year earlier, according to Dealogic, a data provider. It’s the most spent on deal-making over a half-year period […]

Robert Reich04.07.2026

The source of the new energy taking over the Democratic Party isn’t Democratic Socialism. It’s something far more exciting! In one of the most notable upsets of the Democratic primaries so far, Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros, 29, yesterday won the nomination over incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette to represent Colorado’s hotly-contested First Congressional District. I expect […]

Robert Reich02.07.2026

The putative presidential candidate is even more skilled at demagoguery. JD Vance said on Friday that the U.S. wins “either way” in negotiations with Iran. “If we make the final deal, then great,” Vance told HBO’s Bill Maher. “If we don’t make the final deal, their nuclear program is still destroyed. They’re still much weaker […]

Robert Reich29.06.2026

Trump’s war with Iran is continuing. Today, Iran launched attack drones at Bahrain — which hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquarters, a major logistical base for U.S. military operations. Iran also struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, its second attack on a ship since Thursday. Those attacks came after the United […]

Robert Reich24.06.2026

Today I start my ninth decade on earth. It’s astounding and distressing, but I suppose it’s better than the alternative. In his latter years, my father would always answer my weekly phone question, “How are you, Dad?” with a brisk “Still here!” Several of my joints ache, I can’t remember shit, I can no longer […]

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Who’s Raking it in as the National Debt Explodes?

Trump’s View of Everything in the World

Why We’re a Problem

Stop AI Before it’s Too Late

Integrity

Who’s Gonna Buy All the AI Stuff?

It’s the Next America

Is JD Vance More Dangerous Than Trump?

Why Won’t the Media Call This for What it Is?

Eighty Years Old Today

Who’s Raking it in as the National Debt Explodes?

Trump’s View of Everything in the World

Trump is Interested in Chinese AI

The GKChP: The Day the Soviet Union’s End Began