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Robert Reich on Clintonomics, Trumponomics, Bullies
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Robert Reich on Clintonomics, Trumponomics, Bullies

With recent stories around the Fed chair, and US employment figures, a former government economist explains the latest, and the stakes.

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August 5, 202522m 26s

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With recent stories around the Fed chair, and US employment figures, a former government economist explains the latest, and the stakes. 

On Today's Show:
Robert Reich, recently retired as Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, Secretary of Labor under Pres. Clinton, a columnist for Newsweek and The Guardian and Substack, and the author of several books, including his latest, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America (Knopf, 2025), shares his story and why he thinks his generation 'came up short' and why young progressives listen to his political analysis.

 

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