About this episode

Ralph discusses bold economic plans for affordability in America with Robert Reich and Derek Shearer.

Ralph welcomes Robert Reich (professor of Public Policy and former Secretary of Labor) to discuss his "Pledge to Make America Affordable Again." Then, Ralph speaks to Derek Shearer (former economic policy adviser and US Ambassador to Finland) about his recent work, "A Bold Economic Program for America." Robert Reich is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, including as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. Mr Reich has written eighteen books, including The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It , The Common Good , Supercapitalism , and Coming up Short: A Memoir of My America . He is co-founder of Inequality Media , co-founder of the Economic Policy Institute , and co-founding editor of The American Prospect . Democrats have an opportunity now to talk to the working class about—and not just the working class, the middle class too—about prices, about affordability in ways that are terribly important and meaningful and that really could get prices down or at least stop the onslaught of inflation. And also that are very, very consistent with what we believe as Democrats, as progressives, as people who want to see…

People in this episode

Host: Ralph Nader

Guests: Robert Reich, Derek Shearer

Topics covered

• affordability
• economic policy
• social justice
• working class
• inflation
• public policy

Keywords

• affordable America
• Robert Reich
• Derek Shearer
• economic program
• inflation
• public policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UC Berkeley, Inequality Media, Economic Policy Institute, The American Prospect

Books & works: The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, The Common Good, Supercapitalism, Coming up Short: A Memoir of My America

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