Word: reich
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...panel, sponsored by two of the most leftist parties in this left-leaning city—the Green-Rainbow Party and the Progressive Democrats of Cambridge—was moderated by Cantabrigian Robert B. Reich, who served as Secretary of Labor under Clinton and a Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate in last year’s race...
...know the real issues from the fake issues,” Reich said...
...arrived here eight weeks ago expecting a set of images more iconic of the notorious history of the place. This was, after all, the headquarters of the Third Reich, whose secret bunkers are now on display as part of the “Topography of Terror.” It was The Wall. But the true identity of the place is not taught in history or German courses. I will leave with a host of completely different engravings in my mind, a feeling for the essence of the place and a lighter heart. Despite the past, this is a city...
Underlying the trend is a fundamental shift in how employers view their work force. In the old way of thinking, employees were an investment, like factories or land, says Robert Reich, former U.S. Labor Secretary and now a professor at Brandeis University. Adding workers was a major expense, and cutting them was a decision not taken lightly or often. Today, like copper ore or cotton bales or computer-memory chips, most employees are regarded as commodities to be stockpiled or shed as business warrants. Technology not only allows fewer people to do the jobs of many; it also allows their...
...this year, the administration should ignore the clearly partisan petition against the Governor. Started by a staffer for former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich, one of Romney’s democratic opponents, the petition is no more than liberal frustration over a conservative choice. Students at the KSG, trained to recognize the workings of the political process, should know better than to cave to such partisan politics and appreciate hearing from a high-profile state leader, regardless of his political stance...