American economist, professor and political commentator; US Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997 under Bill Clinton; professor of public policy at UC Berkeley; author of Saving Capitalism (2015).
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Veblen saw the importance of social status as a motivator in capitalism.
Five Books interview: "Robert Reich on saving capitalism and democracy". The book is one of the five Robert Reich chose; the quote is from the interviewee's own answer, not the interviewer's question.
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