Robert Reich worked as a law clerk to Chief Judge of US Courts of Appeals from the year 1973 to 1976. Later he was assistant to US Solicitor General. In 1977 President Jimmy Carter appointed him director of policy planning staff at Federal Trade Commission.
From 1980 to 1992 he taught at John. F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he wrote his famous works like ‘The Next American Frontier’ and ‘The Works of Nations.’ In 1992 Robert Reich joined Clinton administration as Secretary of labour, the landmark in his career during which he implemented many of his welfare ideas.
He took some time off to be with his family in 1996 before he joined Brandeis University as a professor. In 2002 he ran for Governor of Massachusetts, which he lost after a close fight. In 2016 he endorsed Bernie Sanders for president of US. In February 2018 his book ‘The common good’ was published in which he supported equal political rights and opportunity for all.
