Robert B. Reich, a former secretary of labor, is the Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley and author of Beyond Outrage. His award-winning film, Inequality for All, is available on Netflix and other video-streaming services as well as on DVD.
Robert B. Reich is the former secretary of labor for the Clinton administration and the Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. Reich’s latest book is THE SYSTEM: Who Rigged It, How To Fix It. He has written 17 other books, including the best sellers, Aftershock, The Work of Nations, Beyond Outrage, and The Common Good. His award-winning film, Inequality for All, is available on Netflix and other video-streaming services as well as on DVD. He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine, founder of Inequality Media, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
With the 2012 elections projected to be the priciest ever, we must rein in the billions of influence-peddling dollars flowing toward Washington.
Surging inequality, not Wall Street banditry, is the underlying cause of the Great Recession.