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TBAD 2011: Plenary - Putting America Back to Work
Berkeley professor Robert Reich hosts the "Putting America Back to Work" plenary at the 2011 "Take Back the American Dream" conference. Reich discusses how our economy reached this state and the critical actions that we need to take immediately to try and restore a proper working class.
Email this pageGRITtv: The F Word: Lessons from Elizabeth Warren
Which lesson will Obama take from sweeping midterm losses? The mantra from the media is move right, conciliate, bridge build. But that’s the rotten road that brought the Democrats this far. There are other voices to listen to. Robert Reich, who was part of the Clinton administration during the Gingrich Revolution of ‘94, says the media’s wrong about Clinton’s reelection. Clinton was reelected then because the economy was booming, says Reich, not because he caved in to Gingrich – although he did, to devastating effect on the Democratic base. Distributed by Tubemogul.
GRITtv: The F Word: Great Hoarding Causing Great Hurt
Congress is hemming and hawing over financial reform, no doubt weighing up the cost of too little reform vs. too many lost campaign contributions. Meanwhile, while the best jobless workers can hope for is an extension of benefits for the long-term unemployed, it's not just the jobless who are slipping under the bus -- it's all workers. As Robert Reich pointed out this week, real wages are falling - even as hours and “productivity” are rising. And the White House keeps on hoping that the private sector will do the right thing about all of this.
GRITtv: The F Word: Learning from Roosevelt(s)
The President has a Rooseveltian opportunity, columnist Frank Rich wrote this weekend. Teddy Roosevelt was on his mind: stand off against the Titans of Oil, Wall Street, and mining, suggested Rich. The field is empty. But the fact is, Obama could don the mantle of two Roosevelts at once.
GRITtv: Robert Reich Has A Plan To Save the Economy
Robert Reich, former labor secretary under President Clinton, has a plan to save the economy and put Americans back to work. Will anyone listen? Reich's plan includes payroll tax exemptions, a job creation tax credit for small businesses, and a works projects administration to put people to work now. He notes, too, that we need good jobs, not just any jobs, and the federal government can set a standard for wages for the private sector to follow, rebuilding a strong American middle class.
GRITtv: October 14, 2009
The Senate Finance Committee pushed through a bill with bipartisan support -- if you call one senator from Maine bipartisan support. Meanwhile, the House and the rest of the Senate bills still contain a public option, so the question is: how far left can the Finance bill be pulled? On our roundtable, we have Paul Waldman from The American Prospect, Adam Thompson from the Progressive States Network, Representative Raul Grijalva, co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus, and Sharon Lerner, contributor to The Nation and author of "The War On Moms: Life in a Family-Unfriendly Nation."
GRITtv: September 14, 2009
According to a new report, Broken Law, Unprotected Workers, wage theft and workplace abuses are widespread across key industries in the economy. How does it happen? And David Cole, editor of Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable, on the authorization of torture by high level officials in the Bush administration. Will they be prosecuted?
