Stossel - Season 4
Season 4
Network
DatesJan. 3, 2013 - Dez. 19, 2013
Episodes
Season 4Episode 160 min
Freedom 2.0
From John Stossel's blog: The future looks bleak. Government grows bigger, debt grows, and politicians constantly pass new regulations. But there is good news. Technology helps us avoid clumsy government. Developments like the Internet bring us what I call "Freedom 2.0." Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales - who cites Hayek as an inspiration for creating Wikipedia - tells me about how the fewer rules he imposed on the site, the better it did. Economist Ed Stringham argues that the Internet proves we don't need much government regulation. The Internet will also make it easier for us to keep an eye on what government does, although Chris Horner says that our government uses every trick it can to avoid scrutiny. "Hating Breitbart" producers Maura Flynn and Evan Coyne Maloney say cell phone cameras create "Freedom 2.0" by empowering citizen journalists to expose groups like ACORN. And Instapundit.
Jan. 3, 2013
Season 4Episode 260 min
The Business of Bad News
From John Stossel's blog: When tragedy strikes, what do you do if your company is at the center of it? What if you manufacture the Bushmaster rifle? What if you run BP when it spills oil? On this week's show, Rohit Bhargava and Fraser Seitel explain crisis management strategy, like how Apple handled Steve Jobs' illness, and how the company that makes Skittles reacted after Trayvon Martin was killed holding them. The media exaggerate bad news. "The Skeptical Environmentalist" author, Bjorn Lomborg, addresses claims about genetically modified food, and global warming, as in this Newsweek article about "The End of Pasta." Julie Gunlock of the Independent Women's Forum points out how the danger of BPA products has been overblown by activists. Some people earn money thanks to people's (often irrational) fear of bad news.
Jan. 10, 2013
Season 4Episode 360 min
Texas vs. California
From John Stossel's blog: This week, a showdown between the 2 states. Their differences reflect the battle for America's future. Moving to California was once the dream for many Americans. Its population grew at more than double the national average--until 1990. Last decade, 2 million more Americans moved out of California than moved in. They moved to states like Texas. In the last decade, Texas' total population grew at double the national rate. Why? Reason Magazine's Matt Welch and Chuck Devore of the TX Public Policy Foundation give a few reasons: Texans pay less in taxes. There's more job creation. And government takes less of your paycheck. Both states have too many government workers--in fact, Texas has more than California. But California pays them so much more that California's pensions are bleeding the state dry, says Dan Mitchell of the CATO Institute. Kevin James, a mayoral candidate in Los Angeles, says L.A.
Jan. 17, 2013
Season 4Episode 460 min
Obama, Part II
From John Stossel's blog: President Obama told John Boehner that America does not have a spending problem. But we do! I was astonished to learn that in 2006, when George W. Bush was President, then-Senator Obama was actually upset about our national debt. From the Congressional Record: "I rise today to talk about America's debt problem... Our federal debt has increased by $3.5 trillion to $8.6 trillion. That is ‘trillion' with a ‘T'...It took 42 Presidents 224 years to run up only $1 trillion of foreign-held debt. This administration did more than that in just 5 years." That's true. But Obama's administration ran up another $6 Trillion in debt! Government now spends $3.5 trillion every year. How is that not a spending problem?! On tonight's show, we bring in comedian Reggie Brown to re-enact parts of that speech by President Obama. Our special correspondent, Kennedy, went to the Inauguration Monday to talk to the President's excited supporters.
Jan. 24, 2013
Season 4Episode 560 min
Big Sports, Big Business
From John Stossel's blog: Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest gambling day of the year. Have you placed your bets? Be careful, even friendly bets between friends are illegal in about half the states. Former professional poker player, Annie Duke, joins the show to argue that it's not the government's job to police decisions between consenting adults. Patrick Basham, author of Gambling: A Healthy Bet, says gambling is actually good for you. Big money is made in college sports, but the athletes don't get a cut. Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University Professor, says they should. Lance Armstrong is an evil jerk because he bullied and threatened weaker people, not because he used performance enhancing drugs. I say, if he used performance enhancers, so what? These drugs are similar to Lasik eye surgery and other ways people seek competitive advantages. Reason's Nick Gillespie argues that they make sports more interesting. Politicians like Chuck Schumer want to ban ticket scalping.
Jan. 31, 2013
Season 4Episode 660 min
State of the Union
Feb. 14, 2013
Season 4Episode 760 min
Liberty 101
Feb. 21, 2013
Season 4Episode 860 min
The Debt Bomb
Feb. 28, 2013
Season 4Episode 960 min
The Education Blob
März 7, 2013
Season 4Episode 1060 min
Mr. Stossel Goes to College
März 21, 2013
Season 4Episode 1160 min
Green Tyranny
März 28, 2013
Season 4Episode 1260 min
The Chosen Ones
Apr. 4, 2013
Season 4Episode 1360 min
Death by Taxes
Apr. 11, 2013
Season 4Episode 1460 min
The Education Blob Strikes Back
Apr. 18, 2013
Season 4Episode 1560 min
Free Market Medicine
Apr. 25, 2013
Season 4Episode 1660 min
Rumble in the States
Mai 2, 2013
Season 4Episode 1760 min
Whatever happened to Grit?
Mai 9, 2013
Season 4Episode 1860 min
War Against the Little Guy
Mai 16, 2013
Season 4Episode 1960 min
Gas Myths
Mai 23, 2013
Season 4Episode 2060 min
The Fight Over 'Austerity'
Mai 30, 2013
Season 4Episode 2160 min
War on...
Juni 6, 2013
Season 4Episode 2260 min
The American Dream
Juni 13, 2013
Season 4Episode 2360 min
Puritanical Government
Juni 20, 2013
Season 4Episode 2460 min
Big Brother
Juni 27, 2013
Season 4Episode 2560 min
Trouble with Lawyers
Juli 11, 2013
Season 4Episode 2660 min
Are We Rome?
Juli 18, 2013
Season 4Episode 2760 min
What's up with Detroit?
Juli 25, 2013
Season 4Episode 2860 min
Summer Myths
Aug. 1, 2013
Season 4Episode 2960 min
Battle of the Sexes
Aug. 8, 2013
Season 4Episode 3060 min
The Police State
Aug. 15, 2013
Season 4Episode 3160 min
The World's Police?
Sept. 12, 2013
Season 4Episode 3260 min
Innovation Nation
Sept. 19, 2013
Season 4Episode 3360 min
Escaping the Education Blob
Sept. 26, 2013
Season 4Episode 3460 min
Just Shut It!
Okt. 3, 2013
Season 4Episode 3560 min
Selling Victimhood
Okt. 10, 2013
Season 4Episode 3660 min
17,000,000,000,000 Problems
Okt. 17, 2013
Season 4Episode 3760 min
Fed Up?
Okt. 24, 2013
Season 4Episode 3860 min
Obamascare
Okt. 31, 2013
Season 4Episode 3960 min
Privatize Everything!
Nov. 7, 2013
Season 4Episode 4060 min
The Rise of Libertarians?
Nov. 14, 2013
Season 4Episode 4160 min
Real Charity
Nov. 21, 2013
Season 4Episode 4260 min
The Tragedy of the Commons
Nov. 28, 2013
Season 4Episode 4360 min
I Play One On TV
Dez. 5, 2013
Season 4Episode 4460 min
Defending the Market
Dez. 12, 2013
Season 4Episode 4560 min
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Dez. 19, 2013
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