Robert Reich
Robert Reich | ||||||||||
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Official portrait, 1993 | ||||||||||
| 22nd United States Secretary of Labor | ||||||||||
| In office January 20, 1993 – January 20, 1997 | ||||||||||
| President | Bill Clinton | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Lynn Morley Martin | |||||||||
| Succeeded by | Alexis Herman | |||||||||
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| Born | Robert Bernard Reich June 24, 1946 Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||
| Political party | Democratic | |||||||||
| Spouse(s) |
Clare Dalton
(m. 1973; div. 2012)Perian Flaherty | |||||||||
| Children | 2, including Sam | |||||||||
| Education | Dartmouth College (BA) University College, Oxford (MA) Yale University (JD) | |||||||||
| Awards | The VIZE 97 Prize (2003) | |||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2015–present | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.12 million | |||||||||
| Views | 134.6 million | |||||||||
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Last updated: February 2025 | ||||||||||
Robert Bernard Reich (/ˈraɪʃ/ ⓘ; 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 he served as Secretary of Labor in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. 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; in the same year The Wall Street Journal placed him sixth on its list of Most Influential Business Thinkers.
Reich has published numerous 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. He is board chair emeritus of Common Cause and blogs at Robertreich.org.