SOCIOL 3AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Robert Reich
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Founding member of union for radical political economies. Article written in 1974 (but has been replicated subsequently) 1960s civil rights movement elimination of racism w. out a serious economic restructuring. Opening of employment sectors to new populations. Could squeeze out populations already in lower positions. Improvement in quality of social services, education, opportunities. Virtually no permanent improvement in relative economic position of blacks in us. Professor, ucb, goldman school of public policy. Former us secretary of labor under president clinton. Expansion of american economy but in order to to do so: Remaining 10% gets distributed evenly across bottom 95% Everyone would be better off nobody loses . So those at the bottom are still at the bottom and the distance btwn them and those at the top increases. If you are well education and well connected these factors provide added value.
