Can Robert Reich Save Capitalism?

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 29, 2015

Political economist Robert Reich describes how the economic system that helped make America so strong is now failing us, and what he feels it will take to fix it. In Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few Reich expresses hope for reversing our slide toward inequality and diminished opportunity.

EVENT: On September 30, Robert Reich will be at the Dweck Auditorium at the Brooklyn Public Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238 at 8:00 P.M. for a talk, Q&A, and book signing. 

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