Robert Reich

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.

Reich has published multiple books, including the best-sellers ''The Work of Nations'' (1991), ''Reason'' (2004), ''Supercapitalism'' (2007), ''Aftershock'' (2010), ''Beyond Outrage'' (2012), and ''Saving Capitalism'' (2015). The Robert Reich–Jacob Kornbluth film ''Saving Capitalism'' debuted on Netflix 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 2015, Reich and Kornbluth founded Inequality Media, a nonprofit digital media company. He is also board chair emeritus of Common Cause and blogs at Robertreich.org. Provided by Wikipedia