Sitemap - 2022 - Robert Reich
Staying hopeful in a cynical time: Thoughts for the new year
How to survive a Senate confirmation (Part III: The hearing)
How to survive a Senate confirmation (Part II)
How to survive a Senate confirmation (Part I)
The monsters of American capitalism
What the hell to do about Clarence Thomas?
Office Hours: Are you concerned about a hyper-partisan Congress having access to your tax returns?
The real news about the January 6 committee's criminal referral of Trump
Military bloat versus unnecessary misery
Sunday caption contest: competition
Elon Musk's brain, Kevin McCarthy's gut, and crossword puzzles
America's growing zero-sum economy
When will the GOP reach the anti-Trump tipping point?
Office Hours: A new idea for Speaker of the House
Sunday caption contest: Friends
Sinema's flameout (and other events of the week)
Texas's wacko lawsuit and my loopy labor department
How can we protect our democracy when the media doesn't let us know how it's being threatened?
Office Hours: Are you generally more or less optimistic about the future?
The REAL significance of today's runoff in Georgia
Sunday caption contest: dinner
The great train wreck (and other wrecks this past week)
ABC asks my help with Bill Clinton's obituary
The one thing you need to know about the railroads
Office Hours: Is the GOP finally splitting from Trump?
A grotesque distortion of philanthropy
The crazies are now in charge of Trump
Sunday caption contest: The Founders' guns
Thanksgiving thoughts: My family leave act
Office Hours: How will you deal with your Uncle Bob over Thanksgiving?
Who's hurt when monopolies crash and burn?
Ugh, double ugh, and ugh-and-a-half
Office Hours: Should Biden run?
Capitalism's new slogan: "You own it, you can break it"
Keeping the Senate! Woo-hoo! (almost)
Sunday caption contest: Unbearable weight
To me, the most encouraging thing of all
Office Hours: What surprised you most about the election?
Regardless of what happens today, we are the future of America
Musk, Trump, and the Demeaning of America
Sunday caption contest: The choice
Why this election is different!
Today's jobs report: It's corporate power, stupid
Why I still think John Roberts is the worst Chief Justice since Roger Taney
The biggest question of the 2022 midterm election
Office Hours: Abandon or remain on Twitter?
The Great Power-Shift (Part II)
Musk has no business running Twitter
Is it about free speech, or power?
The Great Power-Shift (Part I)
Office Hours: You and the midterms
Whose pay keeps up with inflation?
Sunday caption contest: see-saw
The riot that started the culture wars
Office Hours: How to explain Trump's takeover of the Republican Party?
Why aren't Democrats talking about the real cause of inflation?
The 3 biggest GOP lies of the midterms (in addition to the Big Lie)
Sunday caption contest: Inflation
What grade would you give this week?
Wisconsin before the 1994 midterms
Today: The criminal case against Trump
Warning: The dirty little secret of polls
Office Hours: What if Putin pushes the button?
The Kanye West paradox: How to treat noxious content on social media?
Why is trickle-down economics still with us?
Sunday caption contest: Sinking feeling
How do we measure what really matters?
What you need to know about today's jobs report
The most important protector of workers' rights you've never heard of
Office Hours: Should Elon get Twitter just because he's now willing to pay for it?
We get what we measure: Why policymakers overlook profits as the source of inflation
Trump's "death wish" for McConnell
Trump will be on the ballot in 5 weeks
What can we learn from the devastation of Hurricane Ian?
Hurricane Ian reminds us we're in this together
The three myths used by the ultra-wealthy to justify the ultra-wealthy
One billionaire backer of the insurrection answers me
Office Hours: Arggh! How are you coping with stress?
Are record levels of stress inside us — or outside us?
Caption contest: Come to Ukraine
Does Trump want to be the next messiah?
Russia's and China's surveillance states, and America's surveillance capitalism
The Truth I'm telling Congress today (Part II)
The truth I'm telling Congress today about inflation
Office Hours: What's really going on here?
What to do about candidates who won't commit to election results?
A conversation* with Governor DeSantis on his trafficking-immigrants-to-Martha's Vineyard strategy
Sunday caption contest: flying
Are we ready to cancel the apocalypse?
Trump's latest threat is a doozy
Why are Republicans finally admitting they want a federal abortion ban?
The absurdity of Judge Cannon's idea of "executive privilege"
The astounding reaction to Dobbs
Queen Elizabeth II and the social utility of royal families
A personal question to powerful people who continue to deny the results of the 2020 election
Today: The first disqualification of a public official for participating in the January 6 attack
The start of another school year: a tribute to our teachers
For Labor Day: My "we-they" test for good places to work
Why did the media ignore Biden's important speech?
What must we expect of journalism in this crisis?
On the air in the Midwest (October 29, 1994)
The most important battle of our lifetimes
Office Hours: The Battle for the Soul of the Nation
The second-biggest Republican lie
Sunday caption contest: wind in the sails
Jerome Powell continues to battle the wrong inflation culprit
My father and Senator Joe McCarthy
The Trump Republican violence machine
My conversation today with Chris Licht, CEO of CNN
This week's Office Hours: Dr. Fauci's legacy
Why CNN cancelled Brian Stelter
The 6 secrets to becoming a fabulously rich con artist
Sunday caption contest: knock knock
Do people really understand the fight we're in?
Liz Cheney and the future of the Republican Party
Office Hours: Release the affidavit?!?
The Origins of Trumpism (Part 4): Gingrich
Liz Cheney and the Dick Morris paradox
Sunday caption contest: lineup
Will we get lost in the fog of Trump?
Follow the money! Small donors, big donors, and the midterms
The worst memo in American history
Yikes. Election deniers are winning GOP nominations in key battleground states
Office Hours: After a remarkable week, what's on your mind?
Why Republican candidates can't escape Trump
What the hell did they learn at Harvard and Yale?
Sunday caption contest: still open
Viktor Orban's eugenics and the GOP
What you need to know about yesterday's primary elections
Office Hours: 7 Reasons for hope that Dems will keep control of Congress after the midterms
How to stop rightwing media lies?
How to bask in the political limelight? Be Manchinema
Sunday caption contest: directions
Economic update: Battle inflation by fighting corporations, not working people
Personal history: Memo to the President about the upcoming midterms
I've been jilted too many times by Manchin to fall for him again
Why today's decision by the Fed is dead wrong
Office Hours: So what if we come apart?
Office hours: So what if we come apart?
What's the biggest Trump Oxymoron of all?
The most dangerous upcoming Supreme Court decision you never heard of
Sunday caption contest: Delivery
AIPAC's horrendous role in this year's Democratic primaries
Why the January 6 hearings aren't just about January 6
How global corporations are using white Christian nationalism
Is it time for Democrats to kick Joe Manchin out of the party?
Sunday caption contest: James Webb Space Telescope
Should we call him President Manchin?
Office Hours: What accounts for American exceptionalism in gun violence?
Five insights from today's hearing
How to handle radical Republicans
Sunday caption contest: Originalism
The Republican Party: God, guns, forced birth, and strongmen
Office hours: Is America becoming a theocracy?
How Democrats can still protect reproductive rights and the planet
On this July 4: The true meaning of patriotism
Sunday caption contest: Rising sea level
How do we tame a rogue Supreme Court?
The beginning of the end of regulation
Trumpism and the myth of the "free market"
Office Hours: Should Garland criminally prosecute Trump?
Cassidy Hutchinson's chilling testimony
The roots of Trumpism (Part 1)
The rogue court and the fight ahead
Sunday caption contest: train wreck
Time for Collins and Democrats to walk the walk and pass a national right to abortion law
The extreme right on the Supreme Court and the Big Liars in the GOP
The shame of the Supreme Court
A special free birthday showing of our movie "Inequality for All"
Who should benefit from fighting inflation? Average working people or bond traders?
Office Hours: Breaching the wall between church and state?
The real drama behind today's fourth hearing
Why the January 6 committee is failing to slow Trump's attempted coup
Caption contest: presidential dialogue
Will Merrick Garland prosecute Trump? Is Ginni toast?
The mysterious John Eastman connection
What the crypto crash tells us
Office Hours: Is there any way to push Garland to prosecute Trump?
What you really need to know about the likelihood of a recession
Today's hearings: What did Trump know and when did he know it?
Caption Contest: new TV series
How do we measure the success of the Jan 6 hearings?
A final thought on the hearings: How Trump will be held accountable
For me, the 2 biggest questions about tonight's hearings on Trump's attempted coup
Can't believe it? How Biden gets re-elected in 2024
Why the national media's response to yesterday's California elections makes my blood boil
Office Hours: Are you as pissed off at election deniers running for office as I am?
The Week Ahead: Why everything depends on Liz Cheney
Personal history: When I worked for Bobby Kennedy
Office Hours: Summer vacation? Really?
Special report on what the Biden administration should do about inflation
Guns, abortion, and the stirrings of the slumbering giant
No Sunday caption contest this week
Congratulations on joining my "Wealth and Poverty" course!
Office Hours: How the hell do we stop the slaughter of Americans?
Why unions are coming to the new economy
Bombardment by the billionaires
Sunday caption contest: The Simpsons
The last class! Wealth and Poverty, class 14
What you need to know about the anti-democracy movement
A special report on the May 17 primaries
Office Hours: What should we do to push back against deadly hate speech?
How Russian oligarchs, the Saudis, and China are swaying American elections
We need a hope machine. Anyone know how to build one?
Coffee klatch: Dems' message for midterms, Manchin, stock market, contraception, brain fog
Reducing Inequalities in Education - Wealth & Poverty Class 13
Quick reminder about tomorrow's Wealth and Poverty class
Personal history: The Supreme Court I argued before fifty years ago
Office Hours: How can we fight an unprincipled GOP?
Psst: Wanna know the real reason Washington leaks?
Why Republicans are NOT the party of freedom
Sunday caption contest: Mother's Day at the Supreme Court
Coffee klatch: Roe, law school with Clarence Thomas, arguing before the Supreme Court
A special report on today's jobs report
Reducing Environmental Inequities - Wealth & Poverty Class 12
The truth about America's second civil war
Office Hours: What to do about the Supreme Court?
Shhhh: The Democrats' secret sauce for winning the midterms
Sunday caption contest: May Day
The past week, over Saturday coffee
Reducing Health Inequities - Wealth & Poverty Class 11
How to put guardrails on Twitter, how to stop inflation without a recession, and how to win a war.
Office Hours: How do we restore accountability in America?
A conspiracy of quaking, craven cowards
When billionaires talk about freedom, watch your wallets
My Saturday coffee klatch with Heather
Public assistance for the poor (Wealth & Poverty Class 10)
Zelensky patriotism, Putin patriotism, Trump patriotism
Office Hours: How to take on the gun lobby?
The Trump-Bannon plan to take over elections
Why it must happen soon: The United States vs. Donald J. Trump
Sunday caption contest: A positive thought for Tax Day?
Musk, Twitter, Inflation, Putin, and our gift to you of a game
The real reason CBS News hired Mick Mulvaney (and Musk's latest escapade)
Office Hours: Is it time to make a big sacrifice for Ukraine?
Inflation is out of control! Urgent memo to Biden and the Democrats!
Why Elon Musk has blocked me on Twitter (and now owns the joint)
Sunday caption contest: Growing
My Saturday coffee klatsch with Heather
Remedying Racial Inequity (Wealth & Poverty Class 9)
Why Republicans are obsessed with pedophilia, gender identity, gay people, and abortion
Office Hours: My appearance yesterday before the Senate Budget Committee
Why Biden's plan to tax the super rich is moving from unlikely to likely
How Trump will win the midterms for the Democrats
Sunday caption contest: Sitting pretty
The secret to Amazon workers' extraordinary win
Macroeconomic Policy (Wealth & Poverty Class 8)
The pending death of the Supreme Court
Office Hours: How are you staying hopeful in these trying times?
Really? A billionaire tax? Now? Are you kidding me?
Why do Putin, Trump, Tucker Carlson, and the GOP sound so much alike?
Warning: The Fed is aiming a battering ram at the American economy
Taxing and Redistributing - Wealth & Poverty Class 7
Ukraine, climate change, and the common good
Office hours: Will Republicans pay any price for how they've treated Judge Jackson?
Six months, and all because of you
Why Trump, Putin, Xi and other dictators make disastrous decisions
My coffee klatsch with Heather
The Interaction of Political Power and Wealth - Wealth & Poverty Class 6
PS: Could Putin pull America back together?
Office Hours: What's the Democrats' message?
How to stop big oil from profiteering off Putin?
Helplessness in the face of evil
Sunday caption contest: The Republican message
Putin and Trump have convinced me I was wrong about the twenty-first century
Monopoly, Organized Labor, and Antitrust - Wealth & Poverty Class 5
The best thing for American children that nobody's talking about
Five ways Putin's war could (possibly) make America better
What's the difference between Russian and American oligarchs?
Sunday caption contest: Russian oil and gas?
Four things you can do for Ukraine
Widening Inequalities of Place - Wealth & Poverty Class 4
Vladimir Putin's despicable war and Jerome Powell's bad inflation plan
Office Hours: What should we be prepared to sacrifice to stop Putin's aggression?
Who cares about Biden's first State of the Union?
Sunday caption contest: 3:08 am
In containing Putin, we must not lose sight of priorities at home
Globalization, Technological Change, and the Jobs of the Future - Wealth and Poverty Class 3
Eight Sobering Realities about Putin's Invasion
Office Hours: What should Biden say (and not say) in his State of the Union?
Putin's war, economic uncertainty, and socialism for the bankers
Why Democrats will retain control of the House and Senate next year
Sunday caption contest: Presidents on Parade
Why the White House has stopped telling the truth about inflation and corporate power
The Investor’s View - Wealth & Poverty Class 2
Office Hours: What does today's rightward extremism mean for the future of American politics?
Want to be inspired? Watch this
Personal History: Why Labor Secretary Marty Walsh should stay the hell away from baseball
What's happened to income and wealth in America over the past 40 years? - Wealth and Poverty Class 1
How do employers shaft workers? Let me count the ways.
How can we be so publicly miserable and so privately happy?
The Week Ahead: The Four Horsemen of the Neoliberal Apocalypse
My course "Wealth and Poverty" starts right here
The Fed is about to shaft American workers
So you don't think labor unions have a future?
Office Hours: Here's the way to stop Trump's presidential bid -- but should we try?
How to get teenagers to read important books
Midterm Watch: Why Trump and Gingrich offer the best hope for Democrats
Psst: Want to know why Americans are gloomy about the "best" economy since 1984?
The "political center" bullshit
Office Hours: OMG, are we headed for World War III?
The non-inflated truth about inflation
The Weeks Ahead: The future of voting rights and democracy
The curse of financial entrepreneurship
Psst: You really want to know why Manchin and Sinema came out against voting rights?
Office Hours: My first-ever livestream Q&A today
The Week Ahead: How Biden can get his mojo back
Save the Date: Office Hours first-ever livestream this Wednesday
Need a bit of a pick-me-up? Let me introduce you to two young people.
Why isn't corporate America behind the pro-democracy movement?
A deadly decision: The Supreme Court today strikes down OSHA's vaccine-or-testing mandate
Quiz: Why should members of Congress be able to make money on inside information?
Office Hours: Where oh where is the stock market heading?
What would the Supreme Court's "originalists" think of the filibuster?
The Week Ahead: Georgia on my mind
Today's jobs report should cause alarm
Today's Office Hours discussion: Will America have a second civil war?
The Week Ahead: The start of accountability for Trump's attempted coup?