policies backed by the government did drive american companies to leave town and the grass to grow in pittsfield, just as boulware predicted. the center of detroit did become the rust belt and i write a lot about that and the great society. they stayed below a thousand for a generation. today they be needed in the ever rising stock market as their birthright. they expect nothing else. ehe imagine if today we had to wait until 2035 to get to the next barrier. you don't have to be a socialist all the way to do damage. indeed, he was right on even a little socialism does incredible damage. you do eventually get there and in fact sooner than you think you. the whole layout you can imagine boulware beating himself up about the failure of his effort and enlightenment, but as you know, one figure was now enlightened, and he did care, that was the actor reagan and he decided to try politics in the 1964 he took his standard ge speech out of the can or desk drawer and gave it on tv basically word for word. america had to choose socialism or not. this is what became known as the time for choosing and then

grass to grow in pittsfield. just as boulware predicted the thriving center of detroit became the rust belt, and i write a lot about that in great society. the dow jones industrial average stayed below a thousand for a generation. today, younger americans believe in ever rising stock market is their birthright. they expect nothing else. so, you want to stop and contemplate the duration from the mid-60s until the 80s, even in nominal terms with great inflation, we didn't pass 1,000. imagine if today we had to wait until 2035 to get to the next trrier. in my book, what i learned in writing it is you don't have to be socialist all the way to do damage. indeed, the lawyer was right even a little socialism doesn't credible damage. this is not the paradox is the highest road to serfdom. you do eventually get. sooner than you think. and the whole file you can imagine boulware over decades beating himself up aboutng the failure of his effort at enlightenment. but, as you know, one figure was now in life and yet he did ca

william is a medical professional in pittsfield, massachusetts. what do you do? caller: i am a registered nurse. host: have you been on the front lines? caller: i haven't. i work in an outpatient dialysis unit. many of my colleagues have a tough in the icus and emergency rooms. host: what are they telling you? what do they need from washington? caller: from washington, you have two narratives going. you have the narrative of the health care community and the medical community. we keep hearing flatten the curve, flatten the curve, which we need to do. then you have the narrative from the economics side. saying we have got to get the economy rolling again. going,ave to get that -- we really need to be cautious here, and we need to take heed of the epidemiological information coming in and the suggestions from the cdc and from organizations like the who. businesses,o reopen we need to do it carefully, because what we could see is -- if we see the curve start to go that we open fact businesses to early. undid allu've just the good we have been trying to do with flatt

. >> well, i met jack welch when he was in pittsfield, massachusetts.had just become kind of a major figure in ge back in the '70s so i had a chance to observe him right up front, like sitting at the same table with me and i had left i had gone to cox and done some other things, all of which, you know, he knew, and so he kind of followed me. i followed him in terms of his history and what he was doing, but he was always trying to make sure that technology didn't get behind him he wanted to be up with it as hard as that is i could say that same thing today. you know, it's like what amazon has done, now everybody's following. but everybody's late, and he hated being late to technology >> bob, as you're talking, there's a picture here, a live shot of the exchange where his picture and his name are on the media cubes above the posts, which is just another testament tohis influence and the respec people had for him thank you, bob >> thank you very much have a great day we will all remember jack in his very best days because he was such a dynamo. thank you. >

william is a medical professional in pittsfield, massachusetts. what do you do?aller: i am a registered nurse. host: have you been on the front lines? caller: i haven't. i work in an outpatient dialysis unit. many of my colleagues have a tough in the icus and emergency rooms. host: what are they telling you? what do they need from washington? caller: from washington, you have two narratives going. you have the narrative of the health care community and the medical community. we keep hearing flatten the curve, flatten the curve, which we need to do. then you have the narrative from the economics side. saying we have got to get the economy rolling again. going,ave to get that -- we really need to be cautious here, and we need to take heed of the epidemiological information coming in and the suggestions from the cdc and from organizations like the who. businesses,o reopen we need to do it carefully, because what we could see is -- if we see the curve start to go that we open fact businesses to early. undid allu've just the good we have been trying to do with flatten