Editing Robert Reich (section)

{{Short description|American academic, lawyer and political commentator (born 1946)}}
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| name                = Robert Reich
| image               = Robert Reich.jpg
| alt                 = Official portrait of Reich in 1993
| caption             = Official portrait, 1993
| office              = 22nd [[United States Secretary of Labor]]
| term_start          = January 20, 1993
| term_end            = January 20, 1997
| president           = [[Bill Clinton]]
| predecessor         = [[Lynn Morley Martin]]
| successor           = [[Alexis Herman]]
| birth_name          = Robert Bernard Reich
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1946|6|24}}
| birth_place         = [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Clare Dalton|1973|2012|end=divorced}}<br>Perian Flaherty
| children            = 2, including [[Sam Reich|Sam]]
| education           = [[Dartmouth College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/>{{nowrap|[[University College, Oxford]] ([[Philosophy, Politics, and Economics|MA]])}}<br/>[[Yale Law School|Yale University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| website             = {{URL|robertreich.org|Official website}}
| module              = {{Infobox YouTube personality|embed=yes
 | channel_handle       = RBReich
 | channel_display_name = Robert Reich
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 | subscribers          = 1.12 million
 | views                = 134.6 million
 | stats_update         = February 2025
 | years_active         = 2015–2025
 | silver_button        = yes
 | silver_year          = 2019
 | gold_button          = yes
 | gold_year            = 2024
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|published=May 9, 2023
|description=Robert Reich discussing his support of the [[National Popular Vote Interstate Compact]]
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| awards              = [[The VIZE 97 Prize]] (2003)
}}

'''Robert Bernard Reich''' ({{IPAc-en|'|r|aɪ|ʃ|audio=en-us-Reich.ogg}};<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/qrst/#r | title = NLS/BPH: Other Writings, Say How? Key to Pronunciation | publisher = Loc.gov | date = February 16, 2011 | access-date = May 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724121411/https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/qrst/#r |archive-date=2017-07-24}}</ref> born June 24, 1946) is an American professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/business/robert-reich-saving-capitalism.html | title = Robert Reich, a Multiplatform Gadfly, Comes to Netflix | first = David | last = Gelles | newspaper = New York Times | date = November 20, 2017}}</ref> He worked in the administrations of presidents [[Gerald Ford]] and [[Jimmy Carter]],<ref>{{Cite web | title = Robert Reich teaching at UC Berkeley {{!}} UC Berkeley News | url = https://newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/01/12_Reich.shtml | access-date=2024-07-19 | website = newsarchive.berkeley.edu}}</ref> and served as [[United States Secretary of Labor|Secretary of Labor]] from 1993 to 1997 in the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton#Administration|cabinet]] of President [[Bill Clinton]].<ref>{{Cite web | title = Hall of Secretaries: Robert B. Reich {{!}} U.S. Department of Labor | url = https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/reich|access-date=2020-12-02 | website = www.dol.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | date = 6 September 2012 | title = Robert Reich on America, the Global Economy, and our Future | url = https://www.pugetsound.edu/news-and-events/campus-news/details/1059/ | access-date = 2 December 2020 | website = University of Puget Sound | archive-date = September 23, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120923233127/http://www.pugetsound.edu/news-and-events/campus-news/details/1059/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> He was also a member of President [[Barack Obama]]'s economic transition advisory board.<ref>{{cite web | last = Reich | first = Robert | date = November 7, 2008 | title = Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board: the Full List | url = https://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/11/07/obamas-transition-economic-advisory-board-the-full-listn.html | access-date = October 24, 2013 | publisher = [[U.S. News & World Report]]}}</ref>

Reich has been the Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the [[Goldman School of Public Policy]] at [[UC Berkeley]] since January 2006.<ref name="BK">{{cite web|title=Robert Reich {{!}} Faculty & Affiliated Academics {{!}} Faculty & Directories {{!}} Goldman School of Public Policy {{!}} University of California, Berkeley|url=https://gspp.berkeley.edu/directories/faculty/robert-reich|website=gspp.berkeley.edu|access-date=February 27, 2017|language=en}}</ref> He was formerly a lecturer at [[Harvard University]]'s [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_O8vAAAAIBAJ&pg=3395,3440029 | work=Chicago Tribune | publisher=Lakeland Ledger |title=Clinton's top economic adviser likes the unusual | first=R.C | last=Longworth |date=December 6, 1992 | access-date=June 20, 2011 }}</ref> and a professor of social and economic policy at the [[Heller School for Social Policy and Management]] of [[Brandeis University]]. In 2008, [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine named him one of the Ten Best Cabinet Members of the century,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1858368_1858367_1858365,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219051004/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1858368_1858367_1858365,00.html |archive-date=December 19, 2008 |title=Robert Reich – Top 10 Best Cabinet Members |magazine=[[TIME]] |date=November 13, 2008 |access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> and in the same year ''The Wall Street Journal'' placed him sixth on its list of Most Influential Business Thinkers.<ref>{{cite web|last=White |first=Erin |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120994652485566323?mod=US-Business-News |title=Quest for Innovation, Motivation Inspires the Gurus |publisher=[[Wall Street Journal]] |date=May 5, 2008 |access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref>

Reich has published numerous books,<ref>{{cite web |title=Author Bio – Robert Reich |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/52466/robert-b-reich |website=Penguin Random House}}</ref> including the best-sellers ''The Work of Nations'' (1991), ''[[Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America|Reason]]'' (2004), ''[[Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life|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]].<ref>{{cite web|title='Inequality for All' wins Sundance award|date=January 27, 2013|url=http://econintersect.com/b2evolution/blog1.php/2013/01/27/inequality-for-all-wins-sundance-award|publisher=Ecointersect.com|access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Exposing the lies at the heart of U.S. capitalism|publisher=[[The Observer]] / [[The Japan Times]]|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/02/08/general/the-movie-exposing-the-lies-at-the-heart-of-u-s-capitalism|access-date=October 24, 2013|date=February 8, 2013}}</ref> He is board chair emeritus of [[Common Cause]] and blogs at Robertreich.org.<ref>{{cite web |author=Peter Vidani |title=Robert Reich |url=http://www.robertreich.org/ |access-date=October 24, 2013 |publisher=Robert Reich}}</ref>