 Speech Topics
The Great Slowdown and a Five-Year Look Ahead
What does the economic slowdown mean for the future? How can the American and global economies right themselves? And what’s the economic outlook for the next five years in America and abroad? Robert Reich answers these three critical questions while weaving in his perspective on global economics, finance and politics. He explains:
- Why the slowdown is centered on the "demand" side of the economy and why consumers are particularly reluctant to go back to their old buying habits.
- What the president and Congress will need to do, along with other governments, to get the global economy back on track and keep it on track
- How the slowdown is likely to play out over the next five years.
Reich then summarizes the lessons – economic, financial, regulatory and political – likely to emerge from the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Economic Choices Facing the President
Reich, who delivers perspectives other’s can’t, dissects the big economic challenges President Obama is facing: restarting the economy, creating jobs, managing the Baby Boomers’ pending retirements (Social Security and Medicare), coping with the escalating costs of health care, and dealing constructively with energy and the environment. With wide-sweeping knowledge and brilliant wit, Reich explains what’s really at stake, which presidential choices are likely to be the most (or least) successful, and how the changing political landscape will impact Obama’s ability to get things done.
The Global Economy and the Future of Everything National
Corporations are headquartered anywhere, brands and franchises circle the globe, and talented employees come from all over the world. The emerging global economy offers unusual opportunities. But it also poses new hazards and a downturn affects different markets in different ways. Even with the global slowdown, China remains one of America’s largest creditor's and is becoming the manufacturing center of the world. India is fast becoming a world center for software development. Combined these two countries alone can and most likely will shift the way the world does business. Meanwhile, the global slowdown is obscuring one of the most important demographic and business trends in the world: the development of a new global middle class. This new middle class will create new tensions and difficult negotiations as they drive global economic shifts and place new demands on their governments. Reich will explain these emerging forces and cover:
- How can businesses make the most of the new opportunities while minimizing the hazards?
- Should the U.S. care that China and India will displace it as the largest economy and center for high-tech development?
- How does a global middle-class impact global politics?
Robert Reich Can Also Address the Following Topics:
- The Economics of Energy
- The Art and Practice of Change Insurgency
- Helping Your Workforce Meet the New Competition
- Brand and People Are All There Is
About Robert Reich
Robert Reich brings his considerable knowledge and experience to the economic policy discussion in the Obama administration.
Reich offers a brilliant and detailed analysis of the current global economic picture, providing insight into the issues of today: the financial meltdown—what are the policy responses and long-term outlook?; jobs—where will the new ones come from and how can we prepare the workforce for them?; health-care reform and energy—what are the consequences for the economy? global financial reform—when and how? Author of Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future (September 2010), Reich explains where the economy will be heading after the Great Recession, and what to expect over the next decade. One of the nation's most respected public leaders and thinkers, Reich has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under Bill Clinton. In a brilliant and humor-infused "call-it-like-I-see it" presentation, Reich brings his experience and analytic prowess to bear on the economic policies of the Obama administration and the country's conventional economic wisdom, reaching insightful conclusions others simply can't.
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