Biography
Robert Bernard Reich (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 served as Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997 in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton. He was also a member of President Barack Obama's economic transition advisory board. Reich has been the Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley since January 2006. He was formerly a lecturer at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a professor of social and economic policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management of Brandeis University. In 2008, Time magazine named him one of the Ten Best Cabinet Members of the century, and in the same year The Wall Street Journal placed him sixth on its list of Most Influential Business Thinkers. He has published 18 books which have been translated into 22 languages, including the best-sellers The Work of Nations, Reason, Saving Capitalism, Supercapitalism, Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future, and a best-selling e-book, Beyond Outrage. He is also board chair emeritus…
Movies & TV Shows
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The Simpsons (1989) — Robert Reich (voice)
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Money Monster (2016) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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The Daily Show (1996) — Self
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self
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Conan (2010) — Self - Guest
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Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) — Self
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
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Inequality for All (2013) — Self
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The Century of the Self (2002) — Self
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Saving Capitalism (2017) — Self - Presenter
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Game Changer (2019) — Self - Guest
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What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates (2024) — Self - Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Co-Founder, Inequality Media
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Smartypants (2024) — Self (video footage)
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Fired! (2007) — Self
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Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom (2018) — Robert Reich
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Landslide: A Portrait of President Herbert Hoover (2009) — Self
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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (2018)
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Love & Taxes (2015) — Sheldon S. Cohen
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A Dangerous Idea (2016) — Himself
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The Last Class (2025) — Self
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At This Hour with Kate Bolduan (2014) — Self
- The Borking of America (2024) — Themself
- Busting the “Paid What You’re Worth” Myth (2023) — Themself
- This One Thing Would Increase Wages By $300 Billion (2023) — Themself
- Is It Inflation? Or Is It Greedflation? (2024) — Themself
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The Clinton Years (2001) — Self
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America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (2020) — Self - Sec. of Labor, 1993 - 1997