. >> in beyond the title is the dedication to bruce bartlett, a brave and honored friend?e was the republican staff economic the committee. i was the democratic staff director. -- he was the republican staff director. >> did he served in the reagan administration? bush 41.reagan and he is the guy who had taken up very courageous positions which cost him a lot in the political circles in which team moved at one point. in some sense, his departure from bush two was that he did not find him to be a true conservative. i think that is probably correct. the fact is he took a very brave he gets a lotink of credit for that in my book. >> you have a quote saying it's not the art of the possible. it is choosing between the disastrous in the unpalatable. i am in favor of the unpalatable. discourse on long what the unpalatable is. >> and why that is our choice. drill down on that. what is it that's happened? a lot of people -- larry summers is now writing about secular stagnation and talking about growth in the absence of demand. he has always said the problem is roast -- growth rathe