Robert Reich

Robert Reich22.05.2026

Have we given up on a central goal we sought to achieve more than two centuries ago? I was born just after the end of World War II. The first half of the 20th century marked a particularly difficult, violent era. But the 21st century so far has been, well, one trauma after another. It […]

Robert Reich12.05.2026

The Supreme Court’s shameful decision last Wednesday released a flood of memories — and worse. When I learned what Samuel Alito and the other Republican appointees to the Supreme Court did to the Voting Rights Act last week, I thought of Mickey. I met Mickey the summer after third grade. His family had rented one […]

Robert Reich07.05.2026

It’s emblematic of the conspicuous extravagance of Bezos and the billionaire class. On May 4th was the Met Gala, an annual peon to the conspicuous extravagance of America’s wealthy. Its honorary chairs this year are, appropriately, Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sanchez Bezos. If you’d like a ticket to the Bezos Ball, all you’ll […]

Robert Reich06.05.2026

And What Democrats Should Pledge to Do About it. How can the stock market be rising to record levels while jobs and wages are going nowhere, most Americans are paying higher prices for just about everything, and consumer sentiment is in the dumps? Answer: Stock prices reflect corporate profits, which have risen to record levels. […]

Robert Reich01.05.2026

Okay, so maybe I am grouchier — but I have reason. I was driving my car yesterday, heading home after doing some errands, when someone ran a red light and just about hit me. I swerved to avoid him, then stopped my car, got out, and stood in the middle of the road screaming at […]

Robert Reich25.04.2026

Trump’s might-makes-right lawlessness will be his downfall. If we’re not careful, it will be America’s as well. Trump’s domestic and foreign policies — ranging from his attempted coup against the United States in January 2021, to his ICE and Border Patrol excesses (including murders in Minnesota), to his incursion into Venezuela and abduction of its […]

Robert Reich10.04.2026

My Problem with Aging. Let me be very candid with you. I’ll be 80 in June. Eighty! When I was a boy, my grandmother had a friend named Jack who was 80. He was the oldest person I’d ever met. I was amazed he was still standing. And still able to walk and talk. I thought he […]

Robert Reich08.04.2026

Trump wants to get it over early in his term, so he and his fellow billionaires can buy up everything cheap and then enjoy the ride upward. What’s really going on with the economy? I believe Trump and his billionaire buddies — the American oligarchy — have a plan. But before I get to it, […]

Robert Reich06.04.2026

We demonstrated against Trump’s assertion of royal powers, but it’s at least as important to follow the money. NAMING NAMES It’s important that we demonstrated against Trump’s assertion of royal powers. It’s at least as important to follow the money — and learn the identities of America’s billionaire royalty who crowned Trump in the first […]

Robert Reich04.04.2026

This is starting to feel a lot like the Vietnam War. This morning, Iran shot down a U.S. F-15E fighter jet over Iran, according to U.S. and Israeli officials. The fate of the plane’s crew is unclear. American officials are scrambling to mount a search and rescue operation. Anyone recall that this was how the […]

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PTSD Nation?

Sam Alito and My Friend Mickey

May 4th Bezos Ball

The AI Job Apocalypse Is Already Happening

Please Tell Me I’m Not Becoming a Grouchy Old Man

Why Bullies Always Fail — as Trump Is Failing

How to Live Beyond 80

Why We’ll Have a Recession

Who’s the Biggest Money Behind the Throne?

Memories of Vietnam: Lies, Arrogance, and Stupidity

The Michael Jackson Biopic is Missing its Most Controversial Story

Madama Butterfly and the Japan of the Western Imagination

The Spanish Civil War at 90: the Republic’s Response

Terminator Is about 80 Years Old