It’s fantastic that Biden is joining the UAW picket line. But he should go further | Robert Reich

Biden has pushed key policies to fight soaring US inequality. Yet he's been reluctant to name and shame its causes

Kudos to Joe Biden for joining the United Auto Workers picket line on Tuesday. He's the first president to join a picket line in living memory.

But he shouldn't stop there.

as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob ... Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me - and I welcome their hatred.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His newest book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com