John Stossel on Odysee

“Socialists always love their luxuries,” says Gloria Alvarez. She gives examples....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xZEWK3F2Dc

Who owns you?Government often acts like they own us.But lawyer Tim Sandefur reminds us, we own ourselves._ _ _ _ _ _To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ _In our extended interview, Sandefur of the Goldwater Institute argues: “People should not have power over other people’s lives.”His book, You Don’t Own Me, talks about that, and how popular culture often reflects this message.“Ours is a nation where the individual’s right to pursue happiness is written into it’s foundational document” he reminds us.In the video above, more on Sandefur’s book, libertarianism, Hollywood propaganda, and his fight against government overreach....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piVbs-QS2Q8

Charles Murray explains how poor people “lost ground” because of the War on Poverty....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqGB4ab7eiM

I ask Jordan Peterson if his ideas hurt weaker people.His response:...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NunSOu_KW0

President Trump signed executive order to pay TSA employees.The budget fight caused even longer airport security lines.Why is security government run anyway?At San Francisco and a dozen other airports it's not. Security is better and lines are shorter!Years ago I reported how government workers do a worse job than private screeners, but spent 10x as much!...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-41ZncDo84

A dictator who made free market reforms now causes capitalism to be wrongly smeared. Gloria Alvarez explains....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoSrACm9NPM

Politicians say they can “fix” the economy.But economists Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises pointed out how government “fixes" lead to bigger problems._ _ _ _ _ _To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscrib..._ _ _ _ _ _Hayek and Mises predicted the fall of the Soviet Union. They warned that centrally planned economies fail.But today, socialism is popular again. New York and Seattle have elected socialist mayors.Many politicians still believe that government can manage the economy—an idea popularized by economist John Maynard Keynes.Keynes was revered. Politicians love his arguments.But Hayek and Mises warned that government intervention leads to inflation, instability, and boom-bust cycles.They were right.Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute @misesmedia explains why we should read Hayek and Mises today....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxW7JRc414Y

For years, Sen Rand Paul has aggressively called for investigations of America’s role in funding “gain of function” research, experiments that make a virus more contagious or deadly....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBZqAynCZfw

The horrible left. The mediocre right. Gloria Alvarez wants a new territory with “actual free markets.”...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52SOzKknlVo

Have you heard that your steak is killing the planet?That’s what climate activists say. But it’s not true._ _ _ _ _ _To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ _Celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and Arnold Schwarzenegger say “eat less meat.”“Stop using animals for any purpose whatsoever,” says Vegan Activist Sailesh Rao.He says animal agriculture “has caused half the warming we are experiencing.”Really? asks Stossel TV Fellow Linnea Lueken, of @HeartlandInstitute. Scientist Greg Wrightstone responds that is “nonsense.”...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRqTcrg72JM

A Surprising Reason for the Fall of RomeWhy did Rome fall?There were lots of reasons…disease…barbarian invaders.But also a reason modern societies should worry about: entitlements!Yes, really.“Rome could conquer the world,” explains historian Johan Norberg, “but they couldn’t do entitlement reform.”...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOSupmZKzEU

Sen Rand Paul has publicly feuded with Dr Anthony Fauci over his handling of the pandemic....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbmkqMa6K7s

Ancient Athens was once one of the richest places in the world.Why? Free trade! “Freedom to do business was greater than in any country in the world today,” explains historian Johan Norberg.Here’s how trade CREATES wealth:...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5xzp_K15Gg

Obamacare turns 16 this month.The official name was “Affordable Care Act.” Many politicians claimed it would lower health care costs with expert panels and better management.But the law’s growing rules and mandates often have the opposite effect!———To make sure you receive the weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscrib...———Business owner Loren Goodridge says it forces him to cut workers’ hours and keeps him from expanding.“This bill is devastating.”A Classic Stossel from 2013....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW9WsToaMxM

Are gun-free zones helpful? Maj Toure says NO! “90% of mass shootings are in gun-free zones.”...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi4nykuroS4

Fossil fuels make life on Earth better, yet nobody values them. Author Alex Epstein makes the moral case for fossil fuels....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAq45g5PilI

One year after California wildfires destroyed more than 10,000 homes, only a handful have been rebuilt.But Los Angeles' mayor says the recovery has been “pretty quick.”_ _ _ _ _ _To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ “It doesn’t feel pretty quick for that family that's living in a hotel,” says wildfire survivor Jim Cragg. Officials like Gavin Newsom promised “efficiency,” but wildfire victims still face a mountain of rules. So many rules that most fire victims haven’t even applied for permits.Meanwhile, government still charges property tax on burned-out lots. In the video above, I look at the rules keeping people from rebuilding....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UisV4Na-qc

I don’t bother interviewing most politicians. But former presidential candidate Andrew Yang is interesting.Unlike most politicians, he has experience as an entrepreneur, he criticizes politicians for their "magical thinking," and he even left his party (the Democrats) to start the "Forward Party."I spoke to him in 2021, soon after its launch. We discuss if a third party could ever succeed, where politicians' magical thinking has failed, entrepreneurship, and I push back on his vision for universal basic income (basically free money)....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BijIQxIIiJQ

Some people seem angry about everything. Dave Rubin blames it on the victim mentality....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvAzBY9GQPM

Author Heather Mac Donald argues President Trump's use of the “bully pulpit” will “liberate us."...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8-O1mBXC0g

We're one year into President Donald Trump’s second term. Trump says, "we're doing a job like nobody's ever seen before!" Is that true?_ _ _ _ _ _To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ _ In this video, we give the President grades for his first year. He's done a lot of good. I give him A's for his accessibility and for ending Biden's self-destructive energy policies. He also deserves a good grade on regulation. But he gets F's for his needless bullying and absurd bragging. And although Trump says he deserves an "A+++++" on the economy... "Clearly not," laughs economist Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute, "I think we have to give him maybe a D+ on that." In the video above, we explain....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gRsyByPLLQ

Jordan Peterson tells people to be “dangerous.” Millions listen....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkk8KmwxUlw

North Korean propaganda portrays Kim Jong Il as a god-like genius… a leader who shows up at stalled factories, and fixes them with ease. Michael Malice visited North Korea to see the propaganda first-hand....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyY4q9Y9SJE

“I'm going to speak the truth here, and this is not pleasant for people to hear.” In my extended interview with author Heather Mac Donald, she says uncomfortable things about race, crime, feminism and more._ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ _ For example, she says, “The reality of our world today is not white privilege. It's black privilege.” She says many jobs and colleges today unfairly favor black candidates with fewer skills. “Harvard until recently had about 16% blacks in its freshman class,” says Mac Donald, “If it admitted based on academic merit, there would be less than 1%.” She’s been repeatedly called “‘racist’ for saying stuff things like that. “Am I a racist for bringing this up? I am not!” responds Mac Donald, “The facts are the facts … They have been completely kept out of the public eye to keep this systemic lie of racism going on.” In the video above, more facts you won’t hear covered by mainstream media....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBqhSnZE7lA

Be selfish… especially in love, says Yaron Brook."Imagine going to the woman you’re going to marry and saying, I'm not doing this for me. This is a sacrifice.She'd slap you across the face, as she should!”’...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXXIKpbxL5U

The federal government loses $500 BILLION of taxpayer dollars to fraud every year.Welfare programs rush money out the door, without carefully checking who gets it, and whether they deserve to get it.———To make sure you receive the weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscrib...——— Fraud in Minnesota is in the news… but the problem is every state! Why is it so easy to steal? The system is designed that way.“You’re measuring the success by the amount of money you put out” says fraud expert Andrew McClenahan, of the United Council on Welfare Fraud.The United States, he says, is “the easiest game in town.”One reason is that state politicians aren’t so eager to crack down on fraud because local voters collect, while federal taxpayers pay. In this video, we show how bad incentives, not just bad actors, turn America into fraud nation....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrTarwxXo7U

The left is obsessed with victimhood. Dave Rubin says it’s become a competition. He calls it the “Oppression Olympics.”...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thcmUYyx6Lw