Robert Reich

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Jun 24, 1946 (78 years old)

Robert Reich

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Is It Inflation? Or Is It Greedflation?
0h 6m
Movie 2024

Is It Inflation? Or Is It Greedflation?

"The next time you hear someone blame inflation on stimulus checks that Americans got four years ago or workers finally getting much-needed pay bumps, kindly remind them that corporate profits are at a 70-year-high. Hello?"

The Borking of America
0h 5m
Movie 2024

The Borking of America

"Meet Robert Bork. I worked for him. I respected him. I liked him. I also blame him for some profound and lasting harm to our society. Here's why."

Busting the “Paid What You’re Worth” Myth
0h 5m
Movie 2023

Busting the “Paid What You’re Worth” Myth

"Let’s set the record straight: Workers are not 'paid what they’re worth.' "This is a myth peddled by the rich to exploit workers and hoard unconscionable wealth. "It’s designed to make us think that nothing can be done to change what people are paid. "Don’t fall for it."

This One Thing Would Increase Wages By $300 Billion
0h 5m
Movie 2023

This One Thing Would Increase Wages By $300 Billion

"Non-competes are a trap. "They block workers from seeking out higher wages or better conditions. "Meanwhile, they sabotage the economy by depriving growing businesses of needed talent. "They serve one thing only: corporate monopolies who want to kill off their competition."

Frontline: America's Great Divide
3h 48m
Movie 2020

Frontline: America's Great Divide

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

Saving Capitalism
1h 13m
Movie 2017

Saving Capitalism

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich meets with Americans from all walks of life as he chronicles a seismic shift in the nation's economy.

Love & Taxes
1h 38m
Movie 2017

Love & Taxes

Love & Taxes is a riveting comic tale of seven years of tax avoidance. Following the possibly real-life exploits of Josh Kornbluth, an autobiographical monologist, Love & Taxes is a comedy that blends solo performance and scripted scenes to bring the subjective reality of the storyteller hilariously to life. A tale of procrastination, making movies and growing up, Love & Taxes is a middle-aged coming-of-age story that is also, quite possibly, the first ever pro-tax romantic comedy.

A Dangerous Idea
1h 46m
Movie 2016

A Dangerous Idea

A dangerous idea has threatened the American Dream from the beginning - the belief that some groups and individuals are inherently superior to others and more deserving of fundamental rights. Such biological determinism provided an excuse for some of America's most shameful history. And now it's back. This documentary reveals how biologically determined politics has disenfranchised women and people of color, provided a rationale for state sanctioned crimes committed against America's most vulnerable citizens, and now gains new traction under the Trump administration.

Money Monster
1h 38m
Movie 2016

Money Monster

Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.

The Century of the Self
0h 58m
TV Show 2002

The Century of the Self

The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world even to this day, though it's a phenomenon to which most are unaware. The film is an exhaustive examination of his theories on human desire, and how they're applied to platforms such as advertising, consumerism and politics.

Biography

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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