let's ask brian brenberg.uch. >> in the short term, the system is set up to make sure presidents with bad ideas are limited in what they can do. i think it's unlikely he will be able to do that. the congress won't allow it. the system is set up to keep them from doing that. that doesn't mean over the long term we don't see damage. you can do things that are bad for the economy or not doing things that are good for the economy. kennedy: obamacare is a new entitlement and you can make the argument that has hurt the economy and will continue to hurt the economy. >> that went through congress. congress helped him with that. kennedy: so did the supreme court. >> the system is set up not to allow that. it was completely a partisan issue. but the beauty of the system is that's not supposed to happen if you have the branches of government doing their job. i don't think in a short term you see a lot of risk with a 45% tariff on chinese goods. kennedy: hillary clinton want to tax wealth, specifically wall street. >> she

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brian brenberg is here, professor of economics at the king's college. vest what is hurting. dead. is it because of the markets or the heavy hand of government regulation. >> natural gas has rise in the united states, producing more electricity than ever before. this is good. natural gas is cheap and clean. so natural gas has moved in and that has displaced coal in many ways. but that's not going to kill coal. what is going to kill coal is the regulations. everybody who looks at this market knows the government is stacked against the coal industry. financiers don't want to touch it and bangs don't want to touch it. kennedy: if you can't get a bang loan, that's something i didn't even think about. that's why i appreciate your economics so much. there are he mening countries and third world countries who can't afford big fancy pant solar panels, they rely on cheap coal we produce in this country and they can't get it now. >> china will double it capacity for coal. across the world you will see 1.5 times more capacity for coal because emerging countries can't afford solar and wi

brian beenberg. brenberg, theseo companies are dying. they are laying off people.hy do does president obama think they are a threat? >> they are saying the world we grew up in isn't the world we live in anymore. they are trying to make a move to day afloat. i don't see how it make consumers better to put both companies in a position to fail. charles: i sight as a single-minded obama administration, they hate business. two company, how big are they? they are the biggest in the industry, not asking what's going on with the industry. >> they want to make sure there is not a monopoly. office depot and staples, you have to have some type of competition and they do need to cut costs and make better decisions on running their companies, but merging would demolish the market and make it difficult for business owners to buy product at a fair price. charles: most people are going to amazon and that's the problem here. they are not taking into account. with the halliburton baker hughes deal. the obama administration says when i have number two and number three. but number one