Economy Robert Reich
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The life of the party: 7 basic truths for Democrats
If the party doesn’t understand these seven truths and fails to do what’s needed, a third party will emerge to fill the void, says Robert Reich.
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Opinion: Trump’s new economic plan is a 'yuge' bamboozle
Donald Trump poses as a working-class populist, but about his new economic plan would be a gusher for the wealthy. And almost nothing will trickle down to anyone else.
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Opinion: Corporate tax deserters should stop getting benefits of being American
The President should use his executive power to end the financial incentives that encourage this type of corporate desertion. President Obama has already begun, but there is much left that could be done.
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Why Hillary should fulfill Bill’s promise on pay
Because corporations can deduct CEO pay from their corporate income taxes, taxpayers have been subsidizing a growing bonanza.
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The realities of free trade deals
We’ve got to ensure that the gains from trade are more widely shared.
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Why won't the US stand up to Apple like the EU just did?
Instead of criticizing the European Commission for forcing Apple to pay up, American politicians ought to be thanking Europe for standing up to Apple. At least someone has.
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The three big reasons Republicans can’t replace Obamacare
Republicans are preparing to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Yet they haven’t come up with a replacement. And they won’t, for three reasons.
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Government by 'Tweedict'
The United States is supposed to be a government of laws, not of edicts. Yet Trump’s tweets are gaining power even though they aren’t legislation, argues public policy expert Robert Reich.
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Have liberal states won America's tax experiment?
For years, conservatives have been telling us that a healthy, business-friendly economy depends on low taxes, few regulations, and low wages. Liberal public policy expert Robert Reich explores if they're right.
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Opinion: The Democratic party lost its soul. It’s time to win it back.
The party must transform itself from a fund-raising machine into a movement, says Robert Reich.
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Why we need a new Democratic party
What happened in America Tuesday should not be seen as a victory for hatefulness over decency. It is more accurately understood as a repudiation of the American power structure.
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Opinion: the real scandal of Trump paying no taxes
Trump and other hugely wealthy people can get away with this, and do so all the time.
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My coffee with a Trump supporter
I finally found a Trump supporter – this morning when I went to buy coffee. Here's our brief chat.
Photos of the Week 10/22 Photos of the week
Central American families walk through dense brush after illegally crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico, in Fronton, Texas, on Oct.18.
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What happens after Trump?
I think Donald Trump will lose the election, but he won't disappear.
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A landslide election?
I got a call from a friend in Washington who knows more about political polling than anyone in America. Here's our conversation about a possible election outcome.
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Why a single-payer healthcare system is inevitable
The choice is between a hugely expensive for-profit oligopoly or a government-run single payer system. We’re going to have to choose eventually.
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Aetna shows why we need a single-payer system
The alternative to a single-payer health insurance system is a hugely-expensive for-profit oligopoly with the market power to charge high prices even to healthy people – and to charge sick people (or those likely to be sick) an arm and a leg.
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President Clinton will need Bernie’s 'Political Revolution' to get things done
Even if Hillary sincerely intends to raise taxes on rich Americans in order to pay for universal child care, affordable higher education, and infrastructure spending, the moneyed interests have the clout to stop her.
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Why a tax on Wall Street trades is an even better idea than you know
One of Bernie Sanders’s most important proposals didn’t receive enough attention and should become a law even without a president Sanders. Hillary Clinton should adopt it for her campaign.
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The real threat to American sovereignty
For Donald Trump, the biggest threats to American sovereignty are three-dimensional items that cross our borders, such as unwanted imports and undocumented immigrants. He’s wrong, says Reich.
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Why the shake-up at the Democratic National Committee is doomed
The DNC has to turn itself – and the Democratic Party – into a grass-roots membership organization, with local and state chapters that play a meaningful role in selecting and supporting candidates, says Reich.
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The real reckoning
The Trump and Sanders campaigns aren't aberrations. If elected, Hillary Clinton will have to face up to the problems of our democracy that have led to anti-establishment political campaigns.
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Does Hillary get it?
Does Hillary Clinton understand that the biggest divide in American politics is no longer between the right and the left, but between the anti-establishment and the establishment?
