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WSJ Books / Page
Robert Reich at 50: A Reckoning
Half a century after his first book, the former Labor Secretary's intellectual trajectory tells us as much about the American left as it does about him.
Clarence Page · WSJ Books · Bookshelf · April 23, 2026
A career and a coalition
Page's review-essay traces Reich's evolution from Carter-era Labor economist to Clinton's first Labor Secretary to the contemporary populist commentator. The arc, Page argues, mirrors the Democratic coalition's own trajectory from labor-left to professional-class-left to its current uneasy mix of both.
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