Robert Reich Commentaries from Marketplace Podcast

Short: An app too far?

Fri, May 18, 2012

Apple's new Apple Store self-checkout app has Wired.com columnist Lore Sjoberg worried.

Short: Chasing the mythical 8% return

Fri, May 18, 2012

An old investing maxim is taken to task.

Short: Forget G-8, try the G-Zero

Thu, May 17, 2012

Commentator Ian Bremmer says no group of countries can control the global economy.

Robert Reich: Time to bring back Glass-Steagall?

Wed, May 16, 2012

Commentator Robert Reich says the Volcker Rule is not strong enough to prevent JPMorgan Chase-style loss.

Short: My mom, the comeback kid

Thu, May 10, 2012

Jen Miller's face -- and her money habits -- mirror her mother's.

Short: The rich don't control Washington

Wed, May 09, 2012

Commentator Robert Samuelson says that contrary to popular wisdom, it's actually the poor and the middle-class who control the government.

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Short: Your major may explain your debt

Fri, May 04, 2012

Commentator Peter Morici sees a link between what we study and what we owe.

Teresa Amabile: Does high stress trigger creativity at work?

Thu, May 03, 2012

Commentator Teresa Amabile says don't count on it

Robert Reich: Should U.S. fear austerity?

Wed, May 02, 2012

Commentator Robert Reich says new recession could follow if the U.S. adopts Europe's deep cuts in government spending.

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Robert Reich: Taxing the rich is good for the economy

Wed, Apr 18, 2012

Commentator Robert Reich says increased tax revenue greases the wheels of economic growth

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Tucker Carlson: Who should pay for public radio?

Tue, Apr 17, 2012

How do you think public media should be funded? Commentator Tucker Carlson says cut federal funding and let the listeners pitch in.

Robert Reich: Is it time to break up the banks?

Wed, Apr 04, 2012

Commentator Robert Reich says the continued specter of 'too big to fail' compels nothing less.

Melissa Chadburn: I 'heart' taxes

Mon, Apr 02, 2012

Commentator Melissa Chadburn says paying your taxes shows you value your community.

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Todd Buchholz: 'Boomerang Generation' hurts the economy

Wed, Mar 28, 2012

Commentator Todd Buchholz says young adults who return home to live with their parents are sapping the economy of needed vitality.

Bill McKibbe: Obama's 'all of the above' plan means nothing

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

President Obama's new energy policy is really no policy at all, say commentator Bill McKibben.

Robert Reich: Business morality good for public morality

Wed, Mar 21, 2012

Commentator Robert Reich says ethics in the boardroom can help save the economy.

Robert Reich: College is key to success

Wed, Mar 07, 2012

But commentator Robert Reich says access to college is being squeezed at a time the country needs it the most.

Robert Reich: The return of manufacturing?

Wed, Feb 22, 2012

The GOP candidates and President Obama all have plans to boost manufacturing, but commentator Robert Reich says they're mostly wishful thinking.

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