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Robert Reich's Critique of Fellow Boomers
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Robert Reich's Critique of Fellow Boomers

Robert Reich, the author of Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America (Knopf, 2025), shares why he thinks his generation 'came up short' and shares advice to young progressives.

The Brian Lehrer Show

August 5, 202531m 58s

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Show Notes

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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