Archive for John Stossel
John Stossel is the host of Stossel on Fox Business and the author of Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel--Why Everything You Know is Wrong, now in paperback. Copyright 2009 by JFS Productions, Inc. Distributed by Creators Syndicate, Inc.
Presidents Can’t Manage the Economy
The presidential candidates have been repeatedly asked how they would “manage the economy.” With the exception of Ron Paul, every candidate has accepted the premise that this is something the president of the United States should do. Or can do.
Nonsense.
Democrats act like the president is national economic manager. Republicans pay lip service to free markets, [...]
Who’s Afraid of Prosperity?
Should we worry that the people of China, India, and other undeveloped countries are getting richer? Apparently so, according to the newspapers and the “experts” they quote. They don’t come right out and say that global prosperity is bad for us. Instead they say, as the New York Times recently said, “As development rolls across [...]
1Mar2008 | John Stossel | 0 comments | ContinuedDon’t Look to Government to Cool Down the Planet
Recently on “20/20” I said “give me a break” to Al Gore for claiming that the global-warming debate is over and suggesting that all dissenters were in it for the money. I interviewed independent scientists who say Gore is wrong.
Some people were relieved to finally hear the other side: “Thank you, thank you, thank you [...]
Medical Competition Works for Patients
Health-care costs overall have been rising faster than inflation, but not all medical costs are skyrocketing. In a few pockets of medicine, costs are down while quality is up.
Dr. Brian Bonanni has an unusual medical practice. His office is open Saturdays. He e-mails his patients and gives them his cell-phone number.
“I need to be available [...]
Dead Men Farming
By now you’ve probably heard that a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report states:
From 1999 through 2005, the USDA “paid $1.1 billion in farm payments in the names of 172,801 deceased individuals. . . . 40 percent went to those who had been dead for three or more years, and 19 percent to those dead [...]
Freedom and Benevolence Go Together
I interviewed Michael Moore recently for a “20/20” special on health care. It’s refreshing to interview a leftist who proudly admits he’s a leftist. He told me that government should provide “food care” as well as health care and that big government would work if only the right people were in charge.
Moore added, “I [...]
-
Latest Toon
-
Book Reviews
-
The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy–If We Let it Happen
By Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore, and Peter J. Tanous
