This meme is also behind the incredibly common position that the "sharing economy" should be banned. Many people sincerely believe that if you make jobs that pa

This meme is also behind the incredibly common position that the "sharing economy" should be banned. Many people sincerely believe that if you make jobs that pay below a minimum wage illegal, wages will increase. They're not just limiting other people's contracting rights: they're doing so based on their assumption that a theory that is highly controversial in economics is correct.