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  • Microsoft is trying to get ahead in the search engine business by leaving Google out of its new browser. Commentator Robert Reich says Google's fighting back, but not necessarily fighting fair.

  • Apr 26, 2006

    Bank of Wal-Mart

    It's now up to the FDIC to decide whether Wal-Mart can go into the banking business. Commentator Robert Reich asks, what's wrong with a Bank of Wal-Mart anyway?

  • Commentator Robert Reich describes a recent encounter with a public relations firm representing General Motors.

  • Commentator Robert Reich argues that Massachusetts' plan requiring people who can afford health insurance to buy it is no different than requiring drivers to carry auto insurance.

  • Congress is poised to raise the nation's debt limit. The White House wants to boost the ceiling by hundreds of billions of dollars. Commentator Robert Reich says there's nothing wrong with debt, but it's what you spend it on that counts.

  • While a Senate committee prepares for hearings today into how to rebuild the Gulf Coast, commentator Robert Reich argues that the government needs to lend a helping hand, not a bailout.

  • Commentator Robert Reich offers incoming Fed chief Ben Bernanke some advice on his new role as the nation's top economic watch dog.

  • Commentator Robert Reich bemoans a surprising bank practice that's keeping him from accessing his money.

  • Commentator Robert Reich says China's embrace of capitalism shows that free markets don't necessarily need democracy to thrive.

  • Dec 21, 2005

    Spies like us

    Commentator Robert Reich says news that President Bush authorized spying on Americans without a court order should be cause for concern for business leaders.