I think it's hard to have a brand portal and an economy of trustworthiness in one of them that sloshes over into another. But saying that there will be only a limited number of these giant brand portals doesn't mean a limited number of companies; it doesn't mean that everybody's going to be working for these companies. Quite the opposite. Most of us will be working through much smaller entities that simply use these portals as vehicles for getting and identifying customers.
Robert ReichIn journalism, there are only two stories - "Oh, the wonder of it," and "Oh, the shame of it."
Robert ReichYou ask, "Could we have an honest discussion about earnings insurance?" I think we could, if people understood that the alternative was to build up a backlash against global capital, against free trade, against technological change.
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 Reich