An American Society in a Global Economy: An Interview With Robert B. Reich

This article, which appeared in the GAO Journal, No. 9, Summer 1990, presents an interview with a former director of policy planning with the Federal Trade Commission, focusing on: (1) educational, defense industry, and economic hindrances to transforming U.S. research into commercial products; (2) competition between U.S. and foreign workers for low-wage jobs; (3) the peace dividend's effects on the military economy; (4) investment opportunities in eastern Europe; (5) what Americans can learn from the Japanese corporate management styles, government-business relations, and worker skills; and (6) collective, rather than individual, product development and marketing.