{"id":636,"date":"2008-04-14T22:13:42","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T02:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=636"},"modified":"2016-09-20T16:49:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T20:49:58","slug":"tdi-episode-52-robert-reich-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/14\/tdi-episode-52-robert-reich-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"TDI Episode 52: Supercapitalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Robert B. Reich, Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. We discuss the economy, politics and his latest book, <a title=\"Supercapitalism - Reich\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0307265617\/investmentadvi09\" target=\"_blank\">Supercapitalism<\/a>.<a title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright alignnone size-medium wp-image-257\" style=\"float: right; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/itunes_subscribe-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Robert Reich Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/robertreich.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Professor Reich<\/a> has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor  under President Bill Clinton. He has written eleven books, including <em>The Work of Nations<\/em>, which has been translated into 22 languages; the best-sellers <em>The Future of Success<\/em> and <em>Locked in the Cabinet<\/em>, and his most recent book, <a title=\"Supercapitalism - Reich\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0307265617\/investmentadvi09\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Supercapitalism<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Robert Reich\" href=\"http:\/\/robertreich.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 10px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.champlain.edu\/news\/reich.jpg\" alt=\"My Photo\" width=\"60\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His articles have appeared in the <em>New Yorker<\/em>, <em>Atlantic Monthly<\/em>, <em>New York Times<\/em>, <em>Washington Post<\/em>, and <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>. Professor Reich is co-founding editor of <em>The American Prospect<\/em> magazine. His weekly commentaries on public radio\u2018s &#8220;Marketplace&#8221; are heard by nearly five million people. (<a title=\"Reich on iTunes\" href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=129950576\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Robert Reich Commentaries in iTunes<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In 2003, Reich was awarded the prestigious Vaclev Havel Foundation Prize, by the former Czech president, for his pioneering work in economic and social thought. In 2005, his play, <em>Public Exposure<\/em>, broke box office records at its world premiere on Cape Cod.<\/p>\n<p>We discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Supercapitalism &#8211; The Transformation of Business, Democracy and Everyday Life.<\/li>\n<li> People are taught all along that \u201cthe big guys\u201d\u009d bend the rules to get wealthyWhy not them?<\/li>\n<li> Harry Dent theory 2009 &#8211; What is the chance that we are entering a long term recession?  Depression?<\/li>\n<li> WHERE IS THE NEXT PROBLEM?<\/li>\n<li> Via Barry Ritholtz: &#8220;Who should Obama replace Bernanke with?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li> The worldwide food shortage, how can we protect ourselves (fill them bunkers!)<\/li>\n<li> Seems to be a transparency problem today  people scratching their heads about what is going on.<\/li>\n<li> Unions..? Any good any more? Do they serve any purpose?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a title=\"Zach Stocks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zachstocks.com\" target=\"_blank\">The ZachZone<\/a> focuses on: Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG), Digital Domain (DTWO), American Water Works Co. 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Reich, Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. We discuss the economy, politics and his latest book, Supercapitalism.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7740\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode52.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7740','http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode52.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/TDI_PlayPodcast-679.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode52.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=636-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode52.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tdi_episode52.mp3\">Download<\/a> (30.4MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5vtvEVDPUi4221imwhXyXt\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Markets-and-Investing\/The-Disciplined-Investor-p414586\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[80,178,118,482,19,130],"class_list":["post-636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-credit-crisis","tag-monetary-policy","tag-podcast","tag-podcasts","tag-politics","tag-recession","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}