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There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions.

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Robert Reich
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: June 24
Economist
Former United States Secretary Of Labor
Political Scientist
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University Teacher
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Robert Bernard Reich
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