Sitemap - 2022 - Robert Reich

Staying hopeful in a cynical time: Thoughts for the new year

The Santos question

How to survive a Senate confirmation (Part III: The hearing)

How to survive a Senate confirmation (Part II)

Postscript

How to survive a Senate confirmation (Part I)

Sunday caption contest

The meaning of Christmas

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

The Fed is Dead

Psst: It's the most important strike in the history of American higher education (but you may not know about it)

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

Do we really need more stuff?

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

Thanks for Thanksgiving

Joe, please don't run again

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?

Musk's Humongous Mistake

Sunday caption contest: Cook

Ugh, double ugh, and ugh-and-a-half

Republicans take over the House and Nancy Pelosi takes a bow: What can we expect from the next Congress?

Trump's Last Bark?

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

Election Mop-up

To me, the most encouraging thing of all

Saved from Neofascism?

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

Lies, lies, and more lies

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

Sunday caption contest: Ummm…

Elon's Twitter

Is it about free speech, or power?

The Great Power-Shift (Part I)

Democracy's Two Enemies

Office Hours: You and the midterms

Whose pay keeps up with inflation?

Trump Redux

Sunday caption contest: see-saw

How do we reach young people?

The riot that started the culture wars

How are you?

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

Here's what inspires me

The most important protector of workers' rights you've never heard of

Buying a mayor

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

Sunday caption contest: Fire!

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?

The draft

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

The rail strike averted?

Why are Republicans finally admitting they want a federal abortion ban?

Who will bear the pain?

Thank you for joining me

What Dr. Phil wants me to do

Sunday caption contest

School teachers

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

With just 61 days until the midterms, will the key issue be Trump and democracy or the Supreme Court's anti-abortion ruling, or something else?

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

Sunday caption contest

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

Is Ron DeSantis a fascist?

Sunday caption contest: wind in the sails

Is music the perfect escape?

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?

The Beginning

How Biden did it

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

America's 30-year recession

Today's "assault" on Trump

What the hell did they learn at Harvard and Yale?

Sunday caption contest: still open

Reasons to be less depressed?

Viktor Orban's eugenics and the GOP

Kansas on my mind

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

Inflation: argggghhhhhhh!

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?

Sorry! My bad.

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

What I'm reading

Sunday caption contest: Delivery

Is Trump a monster or what?

A word of appreciation

AIPAC's horrendous role in this year's Democratic primaries

The key to tonight's hearing

Why the January 6 hearings aren't just about January 6

Office Hours: OMG!

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?

What Casablanca teaches us

Is Biden too old?

Today's inflation report

Office Hours: What accounts for American exceptionalism in gun violence?

Five insights from today's hearing

Capitalist Thugs

How to handle radical Republicans

Sunday caption contest: Originalism

Should Biden run again?

The Democrats' disease

The Republican Party: God, guns, forced birth, and strongmen

Office hours: Is America becoming a theocracy?

Bezos's inflation idiocy

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 fate of the world

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)

When I was Baby Jesus

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

How to end corporate welfare

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?

How much I owe Alice Camp

The mysterious John Eastman connection

What the crypto crash tells us

The Fed's big mistake

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?

Liz Cheney for President?

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

Yikes. My fault.

Office Hours: Are you as pissed off at election deniers running for office as I am?

Another reason to detest Musk

The Week Ahead: Why everything depends on Liz Cheney

Sunday caption contest

Coffee klatch: Will Congress do anything about guns? U.S. weapons to Ukraine. Trump and upcoming Jan 6 hearings. Spelling bee. Coffee.

Personal history: When I worked for Bobby Kennedy

Financing gunmakers

Office Hours: Summer vacation? Really?

Special report on what the Biden administration should do about inflation

Empathy and activism

Guns, abortion, and the stirrings of the slumbering giant

No Sunday caption contest this week

Coffee klatch: talking to a 9-year-old about what happened this week, the 1994 assault weapons ban, NRA convention, Trump's loss of credibility, and Bob's positive prediction for the midterms

Congratulations on joining my "Wealth and Poverty" course!

Educating for the common good

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

Coffee Klatch: CPAC in Budapest, Bezos and Musk, Doug Mastriano, a new progressive era, and my debut on 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?

Sunday caption contest

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

Stopping the bullies

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

Sunday caption contest: Clock

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

PS: A final note on tax day

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

Spring Break!

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

Eeegads, another email today?

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?

Sunday caption contest: TVs

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

Sunday caption contest

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

Office Hours: War fever

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?

What I'm reading on Ukraine

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?

The Putin-Trump Axis

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

Could you possibly invent a more expensive and less effective healthcare system than what we have in the US?

Office Hours: What does today's rightward extremism mean for the future of American politics?

Want to be inspired? Watch this

A valentine for you

Sunday caption contest

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.

Office Hours: How to stop the Supreme Court from crushing voting rights while expanding the political rights of big money?

How can we be so publicly miserable and so privately happy?

The Week Ahead: The Four Horsemen of the Neoliberal Apocalypse

Caption contest resumes next Sunday. Today, background watching in preparation for "Wealth and Poverty" starting Friday

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

Sunday caption contest

Share the profits!

Psst: Want to know why Americans are gloomy about the "best" economy since 1984?

The "political center" bullshit

After Stephen Breyer, who?

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

Sunday caption contest

The curse of financial entrepreneurship

Psst: You really want to know why Manchin and Sinema came out against voting rights?

The End of Work

Office Hours: My first-ever livestream Q&A today

The Week Ahead: How Biden can get his mojo back

Mickey

Save the Date: Office Hours first-ever livestream this Wednesday

Sunday caption contest

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

Sunday caption contest

Is there still a common good?

Today's jobs report should cause alarm

The secret to tenacity

A year ago today

Today's Office Hours discussion: Will America have a second civil war?

The Potterizing of America: As the child tax credit ends, big corporations (and their CEOs and investors) keep raking it in

The Week Ahead: The start of accountability for Trump's attempted coup?

Sunday caption contest

The Road Ahead