Robert Reich

Robert Reich17.03.2026

A hard call, but there’s a clear winner of the stupidity. At a press briefing on Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth complained about a CNN report that the Trump administration had underestimated Iran’s ability to disrupt global oil traffic by closing the Strait of Hormuz. “Patently ridiculous,” Hegseth told reporters, adding — even as the […]

Robert Reich11.03.2026

We are in an unnecessary war that the public doesn’t want, without a clear purpose or endgame. How to respond now? As we reach the 12th day of the war in Iran — with death and destruction rippling throughout the Middle East — it’s important to bear in mind where the real failure of this […]

Robert Reich07.03.2026

I haven’t retired. I still work. And frankly, I resent anyone thinking otherwise. It happened again this morning. I was in the locker room of a local gym when someone I didn’t know asked me: “So, are you retired?” I mumbled something indecipherable and looked away. I hate that question. Just as bad is: “So, […]

Robert Reich05.03.2026

Trump is actively destroying it. “We are just getting started,” Trump’s secretary of “war,” Pete Hegseth, said yesterday, adding that the attacks on Iran will escalate, with “death and destruction all day long.” So far more than 1,000 civilians have been killed in Iran, according to human rights monitors, including 180 children, most of them […]

Robert Reich02.03.2026

Trump and Netanyahu’s attack on Iran is premised on a gossamer web of assumptions and inferences. Trump says Iran has enough nuclear material to build a bomb within days, will soon have long-range missiles capable of hitting the United States, and plans an attack. But he has offered no evidence. Most experts say he’s wrong. […]

Robert Reich28.02.2026

Two forces are stopping sensible regulation of AI. He’s one of them. Which is more important to you? Allowing Pete Hegseth to use artificial intelligence (AI) however he wants, OR preventing AI from doing mass surveillance of Americans and creating lethal weapons without human oversight? That’s the stark choice posed by the intensifying fight between […]

Robert Reich26.02.2026

What I tell parents of abnormally short children. I’m very short. At my zenith I was 4 feet, 11 inches. From time to time, worried parents of abnormally short children phone or email me seeking reassurance. I tell them that if they or their children are desperate, they can resort to limb-lengthening surgeries, growth hormone […]

Robert Reich22.02.2026

The Supreme Court’s tariff decision extends far beyond tariffs. It stops Trump from deciding not to spend money Congress appropriated, and from going to war without Congress’s approval. A 6-3 majority of the Supreme Court decided yesterday that Trump cannot take core powers that the Constitution gives Congress. Instead, Congress must delegate that power clearly […]

Robert Reich11.02.2026

AI will make most of us poorer and a few fabulously wealthy — unless its productivity gains are allocated fairly. Here’s what we should we be considering now. May I be candid with you about the U.S. economy? It’s growing nicely, and the stock market has soared. But on what really counts to most Americans […]

Robert Reich25.01.2026

On Friday Minnesota shut down in solidarity. It’s the nation’s first general strike in response to Trump’s thuggery. Across the state, businesses are closed. People are not shopping. Workers have stayed home or called in sick. Labor unions are encouraging work stoppages. Residents are helping one another. It’s an economic blackout. Organizers are calling it […]

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Trump’s Stupidest Cabinet Member

The Biggest, Most Tragic Failure of All

Please Don’t Ask Me if I’ve Retired or “Still Work”

The Moral Basis of Civilization

Trump’s Real Reason for War

Pete Hegseth and the AI Doomsday Machine

Heightism

Beyond Tariffs

AI and the Coming Jobless Economy

Minnesota’s General Strike, and America’s

May 4th Bezos Ball

The AI Job Apocalypse Is Already Happening

Gender in the Modern World

Why Does AI So Easily “Trick” Our Brains?