RSS

Robert Reich

Robert B. Reich, a co-founder of The American Prospect, is a Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. His website can be found here and his blog can be found here.

Recent Articles

No Escape

Robert ReichDec 19, 2001

Broadcast February 2, 2001

Recently I was putting gas in my car, minding my own business, enjoying my solitude there by the gas pump, when the gas pump suddenly comes alive with a commercial -- right there, on a little liquid-crystal screen mounted on the pump. There's nothing I can do about it. I'm in the middle of filling my tank with gas. I'm a captive audience to a loud talking head who s hawking a product at me.

A Shareholder, and a Citizen

Robert ReichDec 19, 2001

The New York Times

Soon, possibly tonight, a federal judge will rule on the Justice Department's
antitrust case against Microsoft. But whatever the decision, it's only the first
round in this and related litigation.

No Easy Answers To Easy Credit Fallout

Robert ReichDec 19, 2001

USA Today

Coping With the Shortage of High Tech Workers

Robert ReichDec 19, 2001

Computer World

The biggest threat to America's booming IT sector is a severe shortage of
skilled people. Some estimates put the current shortfall at 400,000. What's
to be done?

In most industries facing such shortages, salary levels rise until enough
people are attracted to fill the need. Supply responds to demand.

Gen. Greenspan's Timid March

Robert ReichDec 19, 2001

We're not in a war economy yet. We're in an economy that's just plain
sinking. What to do? Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has told Congress to
"wait and see" what happens before enacting a stimulus package lest it create
inflationary fantasies among traders of long-term bonds. In an extraordinary show
of newly bipartisan gutlessness, our representatives in Washington are heeding
his advice. Congress shouldn't listen to Greenspan. A stimulus is needed right
now.

Pages