Key facts
- President
- Bill Clinton
- Preceded by
- Lynn M. Martin
- Succeeded by
- Alexis Herman
- Born
- Robert Bernard Reich , ( 1946-06-24 ) June 24, 1946 (age 79) , Scranton, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouses
- Clare Dalton ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1973 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2012 ) Perian Flaherty
- Children
- Adam Reich, Sam Reich
- Education
- Dartmouth College ( BA ) University College, Oxford ( MA ) Yale University ( JD )
- Awards
- The VIZE 97 Prize (2003)
- Website
- robertreich .org
- Channel
- Robert Reich
- Years active
- 2015–present
- Subscribers
- 1.42 million
- Views
- 205.02 million
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bernard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Scranton
- Occupation
- political scientist
- Position held
- United States Secretary of Labor
- Educated at
- University of Oxford
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- robertreich.org
- Image
- Robert Reich.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1946-06-24
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- writing language
- English language
- social media followers
- 1360000
- name in native language
- Robert Reich
- number of viewers/listeners
- 185643122
- medical condition
- multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Bernard Reich (/raɪʃ/ RYSH; born June 24, 1946) is an American professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator. He worked in the administrations of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, and he served as secretary of labor in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. He was also a member of President Barack Obama's economic transition advisory board. In 2008, Time magazine named him one of the Ten Most Effective Cabinet Members of the century; in the same year The Wall Street Journal placed him sixth on its list of Most Influential Business Thinkers.
Reich has also had a long teaching career. From 1981 to 1992 he was a lecturer at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and from 1997 to 2005 he was a professor of social and economic policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management of Brandeis University. In January 2006 he was appointed Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. He taught his last class at Berkeley in the spring of 2023 and is currently emeritus Carmel P. Friesen Professor of Public Policy.
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