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John Stossel

After 40+ years of reporting, I now understand the importance of limited government and personal freedom.

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Libertarian journalist John Stossel is a zealous advocate of free markets, a syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor. Prior to joining Fox, John co-anchored ABC’s primetime newsmagazine show, 20/20.

Stossel’s economic programs have been adapted into teaching kits by a non-profit organization, "Stossel in the Classroom." High school teachers in American public schools now use the videos to help educate their students on economics and economic freedom. They are seen by more than 12 million students every year.

Stossel has received 19 Emmy Awards and has been honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club. Other honors include the George Polk Award for Outstanding Local Reporting and the George Foster Peabody Award.

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September 17 · 2 min· Video
Is Dave Rubin Alt-Right?
Dave Rubin gets labeled a right-wing extremist. He says it’s because the left now calls anyone who disagrees “a violent right-wing person.” ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abH8lKI2lcE
September 15 · 6 min· Video
Artificial Intelligence: Clueless Politicians, Myths, & the Fight Between American & Chinese Values
“Stop AI or we’re all going to die!” shout protesters. They blame artificial intelligence for water shortages, higher electricity bills, and lost jobs. Are the worries valid? --------- To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form ———— “They deny the huge benefits,” says Alex Epstein, who writes about AI and energy, “and they totally exaggerate the hazards and ignore all the ways we have of solving them.” AI haters make it sound like data centers will drain America dry. But it’s not true. Data centers do use water. But it’s just a fraction of a percent of US water use. And that water can be recycled. What about our jobs? Experts said: “AI would wipe out radiologists … even a Nobel Prize-winning AI scientist was saying this,” says author Adam Thierer. “But guess what? We have more radiologists today than ever before!” The truth doesn’t stop clueless politicians. Bernie Sanders wants to ban AI that surpasses human capabilities. But In many ways, AI has already surpassed humans. He wants to stop it all? In the video above, more AI fears debunked, and how slowing American innovation will give us something worse: Chinese AI. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRNFv6mGTDk
September 13 · 1 min· Video
The Real Cost of Solar Power
We’re constantly told: “solar power can save the world!” Author Alex Epstein explains the real cost of solar. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diuXtmfRYz8
September 11 · 2 min· Video
Sleepless Nights
It's the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Special master of the 9/11 fund, Ken Feinberg, met with many of the victims' families. "You never get over it." He says. "You don't get over the echo of those stories.” More from Feinberg: ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH_A81Vdg6M
September 10 · 2 min· Video
Dealing with Protests
Jordan Peterson challenges leftist ideology. “Social justice warriors” lose their minds, Peterson remains calm: ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suchh_NDSfw
September 8 · 4 min· Video
Classic Stossel: Americans with Disabilities Act
The politicians might say, “Yes, we can!” but John Stossel answers, “No THEY can’t!” One example, help the disabled. The American’s with Disabilities Act has done more harm than good. Since it took effect, fewer disabled people have been able to work. Yet government grows, despite its repeated failure. A Classic Stossel from 2012. ——— To make sure you receive the weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscrib... ——— ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEPzCz-qWKg
September 7 · 33 min· Video
Ep. 48 The Case for Economic Freedom: Why Governments Often Make Prosperity Harder
Politicians always want to “improve” our economy.But again and again, they make things worse. “The more we move away from free markets, the worse things become” says economist Don Boudreaux, author of “The Triumph of Economic Freedom."Boudreaux explains how government intervention made the Great Depression last longer, caused the Great Recession, and more.He also debunks myths like the "growing gap" between rich and poor:“If you look at the data, that growing gap isn’t growing. That gap is due to a statistical illusion.” In this podcast, we talk about “The Triumph of Economic Freedom" and debunk myths about poverty, AI taking jobs, and the dumb ways politicians claim to “improve" the economy. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxZCwps6DZI
September 5 · 1 min· Video
Seattle's New Socialist Mayor
Seattle’s new socialist mayor wants to give workers more leisure time. Economist Don Boudreaux explains why her policies will backfire. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OYp3X4j1hg
September 3 · 2 min· Video
Peak Human
Do we live in a “golden age?” Maybe But throughout history, we’ve seen many golden ages fall. How do we make ours continue? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPDwWvUsoS4
September 1 · 8 min· Video
UPDATE: Rent Control Fails Again, Politicians Learn Nothing
A few years ago, St Paul, Minnesota passed the strictest rent control in the country. Politicians promised it would "end profiteering." Activists cheered. Here's what really happened. --------------------- To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form --------------------- "This is such a step backwards," economist Salim Furth of the Mercatus Center told me when the law passed, “it's going to hurt renters!” He was right. Developers fled. New construction fell. Now residents complain, "The lack of housing... it's a crisis." The mayor who once supported the law had second thoughts. Now, St Paul's city council has voted to loosen the law. I'd think other politicians would learn from St Paul's failure. But no, my socialist mayor just froze rent on a million apartments in New York City! Above, we cover how rent control failed in St Paul, and why New York will be next. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ-fFbdf9hw
August 29 · 2 min· Video
Life is Getting Better IG
War and poverty and crises, oh my! Turn on the news and life looks terrible. But it’s not true says @YaronBrook. “Life has never been better for most people on planet earth!” Here’s why: ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izASf-WYMYo
August 27 · 1 min· Video
Nothing Is Free
Politicians love to hand out free stuff! Sen Rand Paul points out… it’s not free. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muvFI9iIjk8
August 25 · 6 min· Video
Net Zero Is Dying: Blackouts, High Costs & the Politicians and CEOs Who Quietly Changed Their Minds.
We were told climate change is an “existential” threat. So governments everywhere pledged to go net-zero and stop increasing emissions. It didn't work. --------- To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form ———— Net-zero was pushed again and again. President Biden pledged the USA would go net-zero by 2050. Obama bragged about how, “700 cities in more than 50 countries have pledged to reach net-zero.” For a while it seemed like that might happen. Some European countries claimed to get 60% of their power from renewables. But then they faced soaring energy costs and blackouts. “The power outages are the starkest illustration of bad electricity policy,” says energy expert Alex Epstein. “But you can avoid power outages with these bad policies. What you can't avoid is scarcity and rationing and poverty.” In the video above we break down those consequences, explain why net-zero fails, and cover the governments (and businesses) walking back their net-zero push. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj0r-huZlpY
August 23 · 1 min· Video
Making the Planet Livable
Author Alex Epstein tells me, fossil fuels allow us to make the planet “unnaturally safe.” ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14PFX8qslgU
August 20 · 2 min· Video
Dealing With Protestors
Former leftist Dave Rubin, speaking at Universities, often gets shouted down … sometime even by school faculty! He says “They’re not there to listen, they’re there to protest.” ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DfsDobj8U4
August 18 · 6 min· Video
UPDATE: Why Colleges Are Bringing the SAT Back (and Why Woke Schools Banned It)
Did you know the SAT is racist? Years ago, claims of racism led MOST colleges to stop requiring the test. Now, 5 years later, the SAT is making a comeback. _ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly videos from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form _ _ _ _ _ _ Activists said ditching the test "would allow more students to be accepted into a wider range of colleges." Sounds nice. But in reality: “It’s about making these campuses look right, using them to make your college catalog look more colorful,” says Jason Riley of The Wall Street Journal. “It’s not about learning.” Mismatching students and schools only hurt minority kids. "They're being set up to fail," says Riley. "It's not working!" It wasn't, and now schools finally acknowledge that. Columbia admits test scores were a "useful indicator." No kidding. Every Ivy League has brought back testing, and other schools are following suit. Full update in my video above. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5U2438YCbg
August 14 · 1 min· Video
Responsibility
Leftists encourage people to see themselves VICTIMS and demand their “fair" share. Psychologist Jordan Peterson reminds people that fulfillment comes from RESPONSIBILITY. Millions listen: ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nglq6kJSkIY
August 11 · 6 min· Video
Why Delivery Drones Are Rare (Government Slowed Them Down) and Why We Should Build More
The future of delivery is here: Drones! But only if government gives permission. _ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly videos from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscrib... _ _ _ _ _ _ Drones deliver pizza, burgers, packages, even groceries! All faster and more efficiently than cars. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos assumed we’d have delivery drones by 2018. Why are they still not common? “Confusing regulations,” says Adam Thierer, author of Permissionless Innovation. The FAA requires complex permits to fly drones farther than the operator can see them. The rules are so complex, only 8 companies have gotten permissiion. “It takes a lot of work from a company with the size and resources like Amazon to get these limited permits,” says Thierer. In the video above: the ups and downs of delivery drones, and how Trump is trying to cut regulations. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwnK_DuK4ac
August 9 · 2 min· Video
The Industrial Revolution
“The BRUTAL uprooting of rural Britain,” is how a BBC broadcaster describes the Industrial Revolution. “That's historical amnesia,” says Johan Norberg. “For the first time, mankind began to escape hunger and destitution." Compared to what came before, the industrial revolution was a golden age. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWiihaBfbFc
August 6 · 2 min· Video
Putting a Price on Life
“You can’t put a price on human life?!” That’s what politicians say, spending your money on other people’s health care. But 9/11 fund boss Kenneth Feinberg puts a price on life all the time. He talks about it here: ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZREaJZM4CI

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