The problem right now is jobs. The problem right now is the economy and economic growth.
Robert ReichThere will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions.
Robert ReichIn a world where routine production is footloose...competitive advantage lies not in one-time breakthroughs but in continual improvements. Stable technologies get away.
Robert ReichI think that in politics, when people want to discredit a particular position, they say, "Oh, they are liberals," or "They are conservatives; we are centrists." Everybody wants to be a centrist.
Robert ReichWe can't have extraordinary dynamism, innovation, and change in the economy and expect to have predictability and stability in our personal lives. It's not as if there are these big, giant institutions existing between us and the economy. In fact, these institutions have become tissue-thin. There is no mediation anymore. We are the economy; the economy is us.
Robert Reich