Robert Reich, former U.S. secretary of labor and professor of public policy extraordinaire, is clearly jonesing for another prestigious title: the king of comedy. Yes, you read that correctly. Reich gave a talk in Chicago at Northwestern’s ... barrel of laughs wasn’t just jokey, either—he was informative. Reich had time between guffaws to advocate his own ideas for economy ...

... Labor Secretary and current Obama economic adviser Robert Reich believes healthcare legislation currently being debated on ... his attention on healthcare reform instead of trying to create jobs. Although Reich posted this at his blog on Sunday, I could find no major media ... the nation back to work is more so. Although I don't agree with Reich's stimulus ideas, his point about job creation ...

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: "Eight months ago it looked as if Wall Street was in store for strong financial regulation - oversight of derivative trading, pay linked to long-term performance, much higher capital requirements, an end to conflicts of interest (i.e. credit rating agencies being paid by the very companies whose securities they're rating), and ...

Posted on Robert Reich's Blog Sunday, November 01, 2009 Health Care Reform is Critically Important, But Getting Americans Back to Work is More So ... the most superficial lesson of the Clinton years. Health-care reform is critically important. But when one out of six Americans is unemployed or underemployed, getting the nation back to work is more so. posted by Robert Reich | 4:55 PM

Robert Reich has done an amazing job building the new tech meetup here in Boulder and now in Denver. I was at the earliest of those meetups, when there were just 10-15 people there. Now ... a game with the goal of facilitating name and face recognition of people attending the conference. Robert was kind enough to offer me a discount code for anyone reading this who’d like to attend. Use “ ...

... appoint a Treasury Secretary that not only does not have ties to Wall Street, but also who has a history of championing main street. Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich would be a superb choice. For a Treasury Secretary to have previously ... on their side” as Presidential election campaign suggested. Reich is eminently qualified for the position–he is a student and author ...