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Stossel (2009)
Season 1 • Episode 36 • The Battle for the Future
Stossel Season 1, Episode 36: The Battle for the Future
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49 episodesGlobal Climate Change
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Paying for Healthcare
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Atlas Shrugged
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Crony Capitalism
John Stossel takes on the cozy relationship between Big Business and Big Government.
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Energy Independence
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Food Police
John Stossel takes on the "obesity crisis" in America.
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Things Are Better
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The Road to Serfdom
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Government Schools
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Government in my Medicine Cabinet
Stossel asks who owns your body and why should the FDA control what you put in your body?
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Prohibition
Stossel asks if government prohibitions on drugs, sex, kidney sales, and polygamy do more harm than good.
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Licensing Madness
Stossels asks whether government licensing is just a scheme to protect established businesses.
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The Mistake on the Lake
Stossel looks at Cleveland -- America's "Most Miserable City," according to Forbes -- and asks why cities like this are struggling so much what they can do to fix it.
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Congressional Ponzi
Stossel looks at the unfunded liabilities behind Social Security and Medicare, and asks "Are we stealing from our children?"
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Junk Science
Stossel takes on the "junk science" coming from the Left and the Right.
60 min
Libertarianism
Stossel talks with a panel of experts about what it means to be a "libertarian."
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The Tax System
Stossel looks at our gigantic tax code and suggests alternatives to this "tax insanity."
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Myths, Lies, and Stupidity
Stossel takes on some myths about capitalism, bottled water, private property, and the pesticide DDT.
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Free Trade
Stossel takes on myths about free trade.
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Government Bullies
Stossel says "give me a break!" to government bullies.
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Place Your Bets
Stossel looks at government's bans on betting.
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Free Speech
Stossel talks about free speech and whether or not obscenity, flag burning, and hate speech should be protected.
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Going Green
Stossel takes on the big myths about "going green."
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Free to Choose
Stossel looks at Milton Friedman’s 1980 “Free to Choose” TV series and the lessons we could learn from it.
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Drug War Disaster
Stossel takes a look at the War on Drugs and asks if it is worth the fight.
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More Guns Less Crime?
Don't believe guns can be a "great equalizer" and empower people — especially smaller people, like women — to defend themselves against criminals who are bigger and stronger?
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The Trouble with Lawyers
The show covers personal injury lawyers who say they’re protecting the little guy, but keep up to 40% of what they win. Stossel examines what these lawsuits do to the cost of products, which has a built in cost to cover what lawyers take.
60 min
Freedom Under Siege
Stossel takes a look at the new threats to freedom, like Congress's drive to create more Federal crimes. If you live an active life, build something, start or run a business, it's pretty much impossible to live without breaking some law.
60 min
Who should get to be an American?
We hear constantly about immigration and the problems immigrants create. But the media overlook one of our worst immigration policies: how America rejects skilled immigrants who want to come to the U.S. legally.
60 min
Sex and the Rules
This time around, Stossel tackles a serious issue of "sex and the rules put around it in the US." The topic is serious and "for adults only" warning were issued before The show.
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Who Should Handle Transportation?
When a private company operates a public facility under contract to government, it must perform. If it doesn't, it will be "fired" — its contract won't be renewed. Government is never fired. Contracting out to private enterprise isn't the same thing as letting fully competitive free markets operate, but it still works better than government.
60 min
The Americans with Disabilities Act
When President George H.W. Bush signed the ADA into law 20 years ago, he had good intentions. Everyone wants to protect the disabled, but did those good intentions have nasty, unintended consequences?
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Entrepreneurs Under Attack
Everyone says he likes small business. Even big-government types. Then they find all kinds of reasons to make business owners jump through hoops for the right to operate.
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Government Schools 2
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The Trouble with Lawyers 2
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The Battle for the Future
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Should Everyone Vote
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Bankrupting America
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The Power to Prosper
60 min
Election Myths
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Scare Stories
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Libertarians and the Election
On this program, John analyzes the results of the Tuesday mid-term elections in the USA, with the help of his guests. John attempts to answer the question, did some voters shy away from certain candidates out of ignorance and a misconception of what libertarians are really about? The core theme: did Libertarians get their ideas across to the public? Did Libertarians win? With Tea Party candidates and protesters getting much attention in this cycle, John also takes another look at the Tea Party and its ideology to see whether it really squares with that of most Libertarians. And, we hear from typically great guests, among them Ron Paul, Bill O'Reilly, and favorite Fox News liberal contributor, Ellis Henican.
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Politically Incorrect
60 min
Food Fight
60 min
Public or Private
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You Owe $200,000 To The Fed
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Liberty in 2010
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The Value of Skepticism
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Charity
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