Robert Bernard Reich (/ˈraɪʃ/;^[1] born June 24, 1946) is an American political economist, professor, author, and political commentator. He served in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and was the United States Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997.

Reich is diagnosed with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, also known as Fairbanks disease, and stands at 4 feet 10.5 inches (1.486 m).

In January 2016, Reich announced his endorsement for Senator Bernie Sanders for President of the United States.^[2]

• Official website
• Reich Appearances on C-SPAN
• The American Prospect articles Archived 2011-10-25 at the Wayback Machine by Robert Reich
• US Department of Labor biography Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
• UC Berkeley bio^{[permanent dead link]}
• Robert Reich's blog posts Archived 2013-08-07 at the Wayback Machine for the Why Democracy? project