robert reich. >> is there something that still unites us as a people? do have obligations to one another or are we just a bunch of self-seeking individuals that happen to be here in a place called the united states? amy: we will speak with robert reich about his new book "the common good." all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in syria, up to 100 people died in a barrage of syrian government airstrikes and artillery shelling against the rebel-held enclave of eastern ghouta outside the capital damascus monday. the syrian observatory for human rights is calling monday the deadliest day in three years for the area. among the victims were dozens of civilians, including children, whose bodies filled a makeshift morgue on tuesday. at least four hospitals were reportedly bombed on monday. there are reports the syrian government is planning an impending ground invasion of eastern ghouta, which is home to 400,000 people and is the last rebel-held area near the capital. one doctor

also with me robert reich. thanks to both as always. e for what we are seeing in the market? >> certainly taking a toll in terms of the market getting jittery. tax cuts and spending, additional spending that is fine when the economy has room to grow. when your house is cold, up you want to put logs on the fire, when unemployment is down to 4.1%, very, very low, when the economy is doing well, you don't want to put more logs on the fire because it can burn the house down. the markets worry about inflation, about the federal reserve board raising interest rate and that can reduce stock value. >> usually you give a tax cut and then you do a spending bill, you do that when you are in a bad recession. right now, we are at the opposite end of the cycle. >> thank you, robert reich for finally admitting that we have a great economy under trump. we do have a great economy, it is booming. whether it is corporate profits, investment spending is off the charts. i would make the case that it didn't happen by accident. now is donald trump responsible

robert reich yes it may well be actually not very far from where i'm standing that infinity is an integrated residential retail i'm a business complex if i'm to be and i'm to be friend me it's my peers filesystem one of the biggest in africa what's more building materials have been locally sourced as much as possible. even when she's making her tea at the sight of the ada money is already surviving the benefits watercourse thirty percent less than it used to that's quite a savings when any has been living in garden city in the north of the king of capital nairobi since late last year it's an expensive area of town here a new development is designed to protect the environment and save its residents money this solar energy comes from the roof of a neighboring might historic up but one that we have a nice bright beat it's all the water in the apartment and when we have an opposite the is when the heater element kicks in and we get hot water that way but we're in generally we're not using the element right now the sun heats all put in and the garden city is a model green project both in terms of

according to former us labor secretary robert reich its led to america losing its national identity andashington. thank you forjoining us. one of the things europeans have admired about the united states is that people feel american first. american muslims, american christians, american swedes, americans first and foremost. are you suggesting that model is disappearing?” foremost. are you suggesting that model is disappearing? i think it is u nfortu nately. model is disappearing? i think it is unfortunately. the kind of xenophobia we have seen, especially under this administration, is the culmination of years of decline in the sense of we, the people. i am not trying to exclude the rest of the world. america was always defined by ideals, not by the colour of ourskin or defined by ideals, not by the colour of our skin or creed. america was a set of principles and protection of laws, freedom of the press but also rule of law. preciousness of democracy. the notion that the type —— truth was a public good. we have seen —— truth was a public good. we have seen increasingly the decline of tho

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