Robert Reich

Born: 1946-06-24

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 Obama's economic transition advisory board. Reich has been the Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley since January 2006. He was formerly a lecturer at Harvard University's 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 best-sellers The Work of Nations, Reason, Saving Capitalism, Supercapitalism, Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future, and a best-selling e-book, Beyond Outrage. He is also board chair emeritus of Common Cause and writes his own blog about the political economy at Robertreich.org. The Robert Reich–Jacob Kornbluth film Saving Capitalism was selected to be a Netflix Original, and debuted in November 2017, and their film Inequality for All won a U.S. 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 Media's 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.


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Inequality for All

as Self
Released: 2013-01-19

U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich tries to raise awareness of the country's widening economic gap.

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Saving Capitalism

as Self- Presenter
Released: 2017-08-25

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich meets with Americans from all walks of life as he...

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Frontline: America's Great Divide

as Self - Sec. of Labor, 1993 - 1997
Released: 2020-01-13

A deep look into the growing divide in America from the Barack Obama era through the presidency...

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Fired!

as Self
Released: 2007-06-05

When actress Annabelle Gurwitch was fired from a play by Woody Allen, she wondered how she would...

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Love & Taxes

as Sheldon S. Cohen
Released: 2017-03-03

Love & Taxes is a riveting comic tale of seven years of tax avoidance. Following the...

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Clinton: Part 1

as Self
Released: 2012-02-20

Clinton tells the story of a president who rose from a broken childhood in Arkansas to become...

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A Dangerous Idea

as Himself
Released: 2016-12-09

A dangerous idea has threatened the American Dream from the beginning - the belief that some...

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Landslide: A Portrait of President Herbert Hoover

as Self
Released: 2009-10-26

Documentary about personal life of Herbert Hoover's and his governmental career, profiles the...

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Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self
First aired: 2003-02-21

Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors,...

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The Simpsons

as Robert Reich (voice)
First aired: 1989-12-17

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday...

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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

as uncredited
First aired: 2018-06-22

Join author, activist and commentator Margaret Hoover for a public affairs talk show that...

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Conan

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2010-11-08

A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.

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Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom

as Robert Reich
First aired: 2018-07-07

In this newsroom, breaking means losing. Our reporters don't know what's about to be on the...

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At This Hour with Kate Bolduan

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-10

Weekday news and discussion airing at 11am Eastern.

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The Century of the Self

as Self
First aired: 2002-03-17

The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world...

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