Robert Reich served as President Clinton’s Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997. He advised President Obama as a member of his economic transition team, and he forcefully endorsed Senator Sanders’ candidacy for the Democratic nomination in 2016.
He is also a well-loved professor, a prolific writer, and a dedicated explainer of the economy.
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In response to a ‘Dear Neighbor’ letter from a local millionaire, I’m setting the record straight. As we approach our annual town meeting, he is using misinformation to pressure the town into action. My open letter challenges his claims and highlights the truth.
[Post updated on April 11, 2025] In January, I tried to track Trump’s executive actions, but a handy website beat me to it. But with a new authoritarian at the helm, banal summaries don’t cut it. So now I’ve set up a ChatGPT task to do the heavy lifting: provide a brief analysis of each week’s presidential orders from a radical left perspective. No blind trust, no propaganda—just a bullshit detector for the modern age.
