--- title: Robert Reich and Jacob Kornbluth Discuss "Saving Capitalism" description: Filmmaker Jacob Kornbluth teamed up with Robert Reich in a new documentary called Saving Capitalism, about the current political climate. canonical: https://time.com/5032293/robert-reich-jacob-kornbluth-saving-capitalism/ author: IDEAS Desk article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-20T22:07:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:19:07.050Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Robert Reich Talks Politics and Money In Saving Capitalism Trailer og:description: The new documentary debuts on Netflix Nov. 21 og:url: https://time.com/5032293/robert-reich-jacob-kornbluth-saving-capitalism/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e224fffb1baa410/6988e680656a3f212ebd2889/robert-reich-saving-capitalism.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Key Speakers At The Aspen Ideas Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Robert Reich Talks Politics and Money In Saving Capitalism Trailer twitter:description: The new documentary debuts on Netflix Nov. 21 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e224fffb1baa410/6988e680656a3f212ebd2889/robert-reich-saving-capitalism.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Robert Reich Talks Politics and Money In _Saving Capitalism_ Trailer by [IDEAS Desk](/author/ideas-desk/) ## IDEAS Desk Nov 20, 2017 10:07 PM CUT  Robert Reich, former U.S. Labor Secretary, listens to a question during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado on June 30, 2014. Robert Reich, former U.S. Labor Secretary, listens to a question during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado on June 30, 2014.Matthew Staver—Bloomberg /Getty Images by [IDEAS Desk](/author/ideas-desk/) ## IDEAS Desk Nov 20, 2017 10:07 PM CUT For the past few years, filmmaker Jacob Kornbluth has teamed up with Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor and current professor of public policy, through their non-profit called [Inequality Media.](https://www.inequalitymedia.org/aboutus/ "undefined") Their mission is to “inform and engage the public about inequality and imbalance of power,” which they do in part by creating short [videos](https://www.inequalitymedia.org/videos/ "undefined") to explain complicated economic issues. Despite the somewhat wonky subject matter, the videos have gained a viral following online. Kornbluth credits the interest in their work to Americans’ current frustrations, and he hopes to offer some explanation of how the country got here in his new documentary featuring Reich, called _Saving Capitalism_. As Kornbluth told TIME, “When I started making _Saving Capitalism_ the frontrunners for the election were [Jeb Bush](http://time.com/4778924/jeb-bush-school-choice-disabilities/ "undefined") and [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/5030586/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-sexual-assault/ "undefined"). And what Reich’s great insight was, that I thought was interesting enough to pick up a camera for, is that this would be the last establishment year before something anti-establishment would change the whole political economic system. I didn’t know that Trump was going to win the election. I don’t think Reich knew if Trump was going to win the election. But you could see that the big story coming was this giant anti-establishment wave. You could see if you just looked at the economic system that for many years people were getting screwed. They were getting frustrated. And they were going to change the way we thought of what it meant to be a Democrat or a Republican. 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