How to pronounce “robert reich” in English

Robert Reich was here I know and spoke to you last August.

Robert Reich: Thank you.

Robert Reich: It was a President Summit; she was a president of her class at Wellesley, I was president of my class

Robert Reich: Well who's the spender of last resort?

Robert Reich: It is government.

Robert Reich: Debts, yes class.

Robert Reich: Well let me just finish my point and then I'll get to your questions 'cause this is really the point that I have to make and I'm giving myself another 10 minutes.

Robert Reich: Yep.

Robert Reich: Well the two things you put on the table: one, disposable income after taxes.

Robert Reich: Well this country doesn't like direct redistribution, we never have.

Robert Reich: Okay.

Robert Reich: What happened between 1900 and 1928 that led to the huge disparities and it was partly a move from farms to factories.

Robert Reich: Yeah.

Robert Reich: As I said before I think transfer payments are very difficult to pull off, particularly in the United States.

Robert Reich: Oh we have to get a mic to you.

Robert Reich: Yeah education is about 70 percent of it.

Robert Reich: Well I would do several things.

Robert Reich: The question you're raising again it's complicated and given the time constraints I'm gonna try to just highlight the most important issues.

Robert Reich: The Weimar Republic is their model?

male #3: Sorry -- Robert Reich: You just destroyed-- that microphone.

It's my honor to introduce Secretary Robert Reich to Google today.

obviously now there's greater concentration -- Robert Reich: You have, I can hear you but I think you have to flick --

male #4: What happened in the 20s -- Robert Reich: Oh, yeah.

So if we shift the argument to that metric -- Robert Reich: Yeah, let's call it disposable income after taxes.

Robert Reich: Yeah.

Robert Reich: And he was right.

Robert Reich: Thank you for your time.

You didn't say what was the structural change leading up to 1928 and I'm guessing -- Robert Reich: Well yeah -- >>male #4: it was people running away from

He also worked as an aide to U.S. labor secretary Robert Reich.