Robert Reich

Warren "vilifies successful people," says Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase. Rubbish. Being a billionaire has nothing to do a with being successful in free market capitalism.Rubbish.

If these near-monopolies are unwilling to protect the public from misinformation, they shouldn't have as much power to spread it.

In the conventional view of American politics, Joe Biden is a moderate, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are on the left, and Donald Trump is on the right. This conventional view is rubbish.

Trump has been funneling government dollars into his own pockets ever since he was elected.

Just consider Trump Towers Istanbul and remember: President Donald Trump's foreign policy decisions are always about Trump.

Trump is like a child caught with his hand in the cookie jar: denying his hand was there, blaming whoever caught him, blaming the cookies, throwing a tantrum, daring parents to do anything about it.

And who can we count on to protect the integrity of our election process? Certainly not Attorney General William Barr.

The Trump administration's corporate welfare is doing nothing to help the 50,000 workers on strike at General Motors—or any of the others the president promised to protect.

True, we can vote him out of office in 14 months' time. But he could end the world in seven and a half seconds.

Whenever privilege and power conspire to pull us backward, we eventually rally and move forward.

Wall Street and the CEOs of major corporations have made a hellish deal—ignore President Donald Trump's repugnance and provide ongoing support for the GOP regardless of its complicity, in return for high returns.

Reclaiming democracy requires ending big money in politics, stopping corporate welfare, busting up monopolies and stopping voter suppression. It is the bedrock for everything else America must do.

The stakes in 2020 are greater than in any election in living memory. Now is not the time for the kind of free-for-all we saw at the Democratic debates.

Instead of trying to get China to change, we must lessen the dominance of big American corporations over policy.

Not since Warren G. Harding's sordid administration have as many grifters, crooks and cronies occupied high positions in Washington.

Elizabeth Warren's new "Plan for Economic Patriotism" is a stunningly ambitious revival of American industrial policy.

The jobs problem today isn't just stagnant wages. It's also uncertain incomes.

With a majority of Americans still not supporting impeachment, it's up to the courts to defend America's governing processes and institutions from President Donald Trump.

Personal economy drives votes, not national statistics. And most Americans think their personal economy is lousy.

Trump is openly defiling the very basic principles of our Constitution. Whatever it means for 2020, he must be brought to account.

If we really want to make America great again, social responsibility is the place to begin.

The blanket refusal to honor subpoenas is the most dictatorial move Trump he has initiated since becoming president.

"How many of Trump's followers or those who might otherwise be tempted to vote for him in 2020 will recoil from this moral squalor?"

Mitch McConnell is no leader. He is the epitome of unprincipled power.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warnd shareholders produces "stagnation, corruption and often worse." He should know - his company benefited from it.

The recent scandals around Boeing, Facebook, Phillip Morris, Wells Fargo and Monsanto all tell the same tale.

"A president's most fundamental responsibility is to uphold and protect our system of government. Trump has weakened that system."

In the age of Trump, everything is for sale. 

Monopolies aren't good for anyone except for the monopolists.

Trump, like many presidents before him, doesn't realize he's already been fired by the American people.