The Last Class with Robert Reich Trailer

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00:00My name is Robert Reich. This is Wealth and Poverty.

00:05What we are going to be talking about is happening now.

00:09I've been a teacher for 42 years.

00:13One, two, three.

00:15I'm beginning my last semester.

00:17I've done a lot of other things.

00:19That's when we got a minimum wage increase

00:22through a Republican-controlled Congress.

00:24I was economic adviser to Barack Obama.

00:26I was secretary of labor.

00:28But I've always come back to teaching.

00:30And I can't imagine not doing it.

00:35I still feel that excitement, that energy.

00:38What do we owe each other as members of the same community?

00:41So many people have come up to me and said,

00:44are you still teaching or are you retired?

00:46And I resist the urge to punch them in the nose.

00:52One of the best ways of learning is to discuss something

00:55with somebody who disagrees with you.

00:56Can I do what I love to do as well as I should be doing it?

01:03The wealth is held by the richest 400 Americans.

01:06You get the picture.

01:07We have to all engage their curiosity.

01:09Democracy is not a spectator sport.

01:11It's active.

01:14You can't reach their intellect if you don't reach their emotions.

01:17I began to see bullying all around.

01:20Economic bullying.

01:21Racial bullying.

01:22The bullying of anybody who's different.

01:24If there are enough people who feel bullied,

01:26they begin to have power.

01:30For them, it's not ending.

01:31It's beginning.

01:32And this is the connection between teachers and students.

01:36It's about the passage of time.

01:38This is our final class.

01:39You made it.

01:40And at a deeper level, the arc of one's life.

01:46A true leader helps people overcome cynicism.

01:49I believe in your capacities.

01:52I believe in your commitment.

01:55I believe in you.

01:57It's going to be a wild ride.

01:59Thank you for joining me.

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