Of agriculture. Good morning, everybody. Seat, could please have a we are about ready to get started. I want to welcome everybody to the 95th annual Agriculture Outlook Forum. I am so glad to have your today. I am stephen, the secretary the deputy secretary of our culture. We are, again, so excited to have you here. Some of you had to brave eyes, sleet, snow, rain, the dark of night to get here, so we are glad you persevered, but you are here, and we looking forward to a great discussion this morning. As you know, the Agriculture Outlook Forum is really usdas highlight of the year in which we really talk about the state of the agriculture economy, both the bright spots, the tough spots, as well as the promise of the innovation that is coming here, and we are going to be doing some of that today. That is what i always find so exciting about the agricultural Outlook Forum is we talk about the promise of u. S. Agriculture, because i truly believe that we have the most innovative farmers a
Amazons decision to pull its proposed hq2 site out of new york city and the move by some states to reexamine financial incentives given so large corporations looking to relocate. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2018]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] host good morning. Its thursday, february 21, 2019. Members of congress remain back in their home states for the president s state recess week but the senate will gather in for a pro session today. We will be with you beginning with family leave laws in the United States. When it comes to paid sun and paid family leave and whether you think this family should expand its Family National leave policies. If you think, the phone number, 2027488000. If you think we shouldnt, 2027488001 is the number to call. You can also catch us on social media. And a very good thursday morning to you. You can start calling in now. We beg
Were live for you trying to make you more money. Making money is on right now charles delegation set to come to washington, d. C. For trade talks. That is giving Global Markets a boost. President trump says important meetings and calls with china trade deal and more with my staff. Big progress being made on so many different fronts. Our country has fantastic potential for future growth and greatness on an even higher level. Great seeing you, john, it has been a honk time. Erin, nice seeing you as well. Our markets had an amazing session on friday. It is rare you see our markets rally to the degree that they did into the close ahead of a theeday weekend. You dont see it ahead of a twoday weekend. The world is sort of saying hey, there will be a deal. Do you feel like maybe that is true . Absolutely. I think the fact President Trump has gotten president xi and his cohort to the table to really have some tough discussions but work through these things after the long time of imposing tarif
Up next, consumer advocate and president ial candidate ralph nader joins several experts discussing capitalism and free market policies. This is part of a day long conference. Were going to get underway. Im ralph nader. Welcome to the conference on the myths of market fundmentalism. We welcome the distinguished participant whos are delivering summaries of their intellectual and active work on this subject. This is really the first of conference of this kind. There have been single issue conferences focusing, for example, on regulation, deregulation and Market Economics. It approaches it from many angles based on the work of many years of scholars and activists and people who engage in both endeavors. Also welcome cspan and Real News Network out of baltimore who are conveying the proceedings to a larger audience. We will submit the papers here and also turn the material into a variety of media interfaces. Its important to know that free market mythology is basic educational tool in this
Answer session. Live coverage here on cspan3. This conference approaches it from many angles based on the work of many years of scholars and activists and people who engage in both endeavors, as we will see throughout the day. We also welcome cspan for conveying the proceedings to a larger audience. We expect to turn the material into a variety of media interfaces. Its important to know that free market mythology is basic educational tool in this country. The chambers of commerce, for example, go into the middle schools and teach what is a sub. They teach the myths of free markets, which are hard to find these days. Given the prevalence of the Corporate Power. There will be additions to the proceedings here. We invited several other people years dealing with contracts of adhesion which they have become wrongful injuries and theyre one sided contract fee additions servitude. All of us have to sign on the dotted line and also professor taking apart the issues of cost benefit and how thos