Robert Reich: On the Economy (2009)

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It's rumored the Roman philosopher Seneca once said, Stand back a little further and laugh. This advice might also apply to our present economic situation. In the 2009 Franke Lecture, economist Robert Reich, currently a professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley, offers insights as to what levity can be found in tough times. Reich has served in three national administrations, most recently as President Clinton's Secretary of Labor. He is also the author of many books, including The Work of Nations (1991), The Future of Success (2001), Locked in the Cabinet (1997), and Supercapitalism (2008), and his articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. Reich is a founding editor of The American Prospect magazine, and his weekly commentaries on public radios Marketplace are heard by nearly five million people.

This annual lecture recognizes the significant contributions to the Chicago Humanities Festival made by its founder and chairman emeritus Richard J. Franke.

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• Supercapitalism

[sgtmcwallace]

he sounds a bit like billy crystal, makes jokes like him to.

[anarch0capitalist]

Opps education

[anarch0capitalist]

Expertise also comes from immigration not just edication.

[capt251978]

@multicheme2020 no doubt. Thats the problem with the country today......some moron getting kicked in the scrotum gets millions of hits and a man with good answers to today's problem barely breaks 370.

[multicheme2020]

i can't believe that more people haven't seen this