Reich, Robert B.

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REICH, Robert B.

REICH, Robert B. American, b. 1946. Genres: Economics, Politics/ Government. Career: Began career as an attorney-at-law; Federal Trade Commission, policy planning director; Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA, professor of business and public policy; U.S. Government, Washington, DC, secretary of labor, 1993-96. Summer intern for Senator Robert Kennedy; coordinator of Eugene McCarthy's 1968 presidential campaign; adviser to Democratic presidential candidates, including Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis. Publications: (with I.C. Magaziner) Minding America's Business: The Decline and Rise of the American Economy, 1982; The Next American Frontier, 1983; An Industrial Policy for America: Is It Needed?, 1983; (with J.D. Donahue) New Deals: The Chrysler Revival and the American System, 1985; Tales of a New America, 1987, reprinted as Tales of a New America: The Anxious Liberal's Guide to the Future, 1988; The Power of Public Ideas, 1988; Education and the Next Economy, 1988; The Resurgent Liberal: And Other Unfashionable Prophecies (essays), 1989; Public Management in a Democratic Society, 1990; The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st-Century Capitalism, 1991; Locked in the Cabinet, 1997; The Future of Success, 2000. Contributor to periodicals. Address: c/o Brandeis University, 415 South St., Waltham, MA 02454-2700, U.S.A.