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Econ Myths‬

On our show tonight Stossel is covering economic myths. Do our candidates believe in economic myths? Well, some of them, yes. Many believe that a minimum wage will not kill jobs, that trade actually helps other countries at our expense, that prices are just set by rich people at whim and those rich people get rich by taking from the poor. All of these myths will be addressed by DON BOUDREAUX and our occasional devil's advocate Stossel. After talking to Don for a for a few minutes they move to include ELLIS HENICAN in the conversation initially starting with the "stimulus" and Bernie Sanders's support of it but later moving on to a variety of topics. The debate that results is a bit fiery. Good stuff. ERIN SHANNON of a Washington State think tank called the Washington Policy Center is here to talk about the 15 dollar minimum wage enacted in Seattle. She knows people aren't thinking about the unforeseen consequences of such a high raise in the minimum wage.. the worst of which is people losing their jobs entirely. BRIAN BRENBERG is here to talk about a myth peddled by Donald Trump and his unlikely bedfellow Bernie Sanders. Trade does not hurt us - in fact it helps us greatly. As Brenberg says, "Trade is a win-win situation." RAND PAUL is here in studio to talk about our 'Regulation Nation'. Stossel highlights the very sad story of Jack & Jill Baron who's land was being flooded. A government owned drainage ditch nearby was covered with logs so Jack asked government to fix it. Their local government said, "If you can clean the ditch, go ahead a do it." The federal government soon came along and charged them with a felony for damaging a 'wetland'. The Barons fought it all the way to trial. A jury cleared them. That still wasn't enough to get the federal government off their backs. The feds went after the Barons under civil law forcing them off their own property and into a modified trailer. In the end the federal government backed off when the Barons gave them 3

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  • Originally Aired January 22, 2016
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network Fox Business
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