Robert Reich

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For May Day: The System We Need

Don't fret over whether it's called Democratic Capitalism, Stakeholder Capitalism, Democratic Socialism, or whatever. Here's the only system that can survive.

Robert Reich
May 01, 2026
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David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, has reason to smile

Friends,

Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders voted last Thursday on the Ellison family’s purchase of the company. Some 1.743 billion shares were cast in favor of the sale; 16.3 million were cast against it, a ratio of roughly 99 to 1.

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