“We’re facing a vicious cycle”: Robert Reich unloads on inequality, TPP & the real economic story — salon.com

The market for clearly, cogently and concisely explaining why American society is so riven with economic inequality — and why it’ll be so hard to reverse — is, unfortunately, booming. But even in a crowded field, University of California, Berkeley, professor and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich is a distinctly able guide to understanding the political economy of the United States in the Second Gilded Age. If you haven’t already, check out “Inequality for All,” the 2013 documentary he made with Jacob Kornbluth, to see for yourself.

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