John Stossel, Author at Reason.com

Stossel: Stop! You Need a License To Do that Job!

"Bottleneckers" use occupational licensing to screw competitors and innovation in the name of keeping us safe.

John Stossel | 8.1.2017 1:00 PM

Occupational Licensing

Stossel: Stop! You Need a License To Do that Job!

"Bottleneckers" use occupational licensing to screw competitors and innovation in the name of keeping us safe.

John Stossel and Naomi Brockwell | 8.1.2017 1:00 PM

Government Spending

NYC Government Spends $2 Million on a Park Bathroom

Overspending is what government does.

John Stossel | 7.26.2017 12:15 AM

Stossel: Departments Grow and Cherries Rot

Most folks have no idea what federal agencies do. John Stossel reports on wasteful programs like the Agriculture Department forcing farmers to let cherries rot.

John Stossel | 7.25.2017 9:30 AM

John Stossel

Stossel: Departments Grow and Cherries Rot

Most folks have no idea what federal agencies do. John Stossel reports on wasteful programs like the Agriculture Department forcing farmers to let cherries rot.

John Stossel and Maxim Lott | 7.25.2017 9:30 AM

John Stossel

Stossel: Save the Rhinos!

An entrepreneur has a plan to save the rhinos from poachers, but environmental groups hate his idea.

John Stossel and Maxim Lott | 7.20.2017 9:30 AM

Animal Rights

Loving Animals to Death: Rules to 'Protect' Animals Often Put Them At Risk

The Humane Society even opposes artificial rhino horn, which would lower demand for poachers' fare.

John Stossel | 7.19.2017 12:01 AM

Media Criticism

Donald Trump Drives the Media Crazy

There are legitimate reasons to worry about what Trump might do. So why make things up?

John Stossel | 7.12.2017 12:15 AM

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Bill of Rights

Celebrating Individual Rights on Independence Day

At the country's founding, there were no walls to stop people from coming ashore and few rules to stop anyone from trying out new ideas.

John Stossel | 7.4.2017 12:01 AM

Education

Why Government Schools Fail

A new PBS series, School Inc. by Cato's Andrew Coulson explores why American schools don't improve.

John Stossel | 6.28.2017 3:02 AM

Charity/Philanthropy

It's OK if Entrepreneurs Like Jeff Bezos Are 'Stingy'

By pursuing profit honestly, entrepreneurs like Bezos do much more for the world than charities do.

John Stossel | 6.21.2017 12:15 AM

Airlines

Our Air Traffic Control System Is a Primitive Bureaucracy

It's time to free the skies.

John Stossel | 6.14.2017 12:01 AM

Venezuela

Prosperity Cities For Venezuela

Capitalists and capitalism can save the South American country.

John Stossel | 6.7.2017 12:01 AM

Venezuela

Noam Chomsky's Venezuela Lesson

Venezuela descends into chaos as Chomsky says he's right about Hugo Chavez's sharp poverty reduction.

John Stossel | 5.31.2017 12:01 AM

Media Criticism

The New York Times' Hostility to Industry Gets Worse

The paper of record has it in for Pebble Mine, and for industry in general.

John Stossel | 5.24.2017 12:01 AM

Jeff Sessions

The Drug War Escalation Is Cruel and Stupid

Attorney General Jeff Sessions's order to prosecutors to seek maximum sentences is wrongheaded.

John Stossel | 5.17.2017 12:30 AM

Health Care

Improved Health Bill

"Repealing" Obamacare is only a first step.

John Stossel | 5.10.2017 12:01 AM

Donald Trump

Trump May Dabble in Deregulation, But He Doesn't Believe in Free Markets

John Stossel | 5.3.2017 12:15 AM

Donald Trump

The Next President

Michelle Obama has better odds of being the next president than Hillary Clinton.

John Stossel | 4.26.2017 12:01 AM

Earth day

Earth Day Dopes

Alarmists claim they're for "science," but what they're really for is a left-wing religion.

John Stossel | 4.19.2017 12:15 AM

Donald Trump

Firing Missiles at Syria Makes Donald Trump a 'Serious' Leader?

Reminder: Donald Trump once opposed military intervention in Syria.

John Stossel | 4.12.2017 12:01 AM

Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA Is a Racket

"You have no idea what you're up against. You don't know the power that is the EPA."

John Stossel | 4.5.2017 12:01 AM

Health Care

Free Market Health Care

Government involvement in health care drives prices up.

John Stossel | 3.29.2017 12:01 AM

Budget

Hacking Away at the Budget Is the Humane Thing To Do

It's a tragedy that President Trump didn't use this moment to try to cut more, and to cut the biggest unsustainable spending: Medicare and Social Security.

John Stossel | 3.22.2017 12:01 AM

Media Criticism

Has the Ignorant Media Gotten Worse?

From storm coverage to the deep state, many in the media display a pro-government bias.

John Stossel | 3.15.2017 12:01 AM

Art

Killing Big Bird

President Trump looks to cut funding to government-subsidized art and broadcasting.

John Stossel | 3.8.2017 1:15 AM

Defense Spending

The Bloated Military

Donald Trump promises massive military spending increases, but he used to say military cuts didn't go far enough.

John Stossel | 3.1.2017 1:30 AM

Donald Trump

Fake News, Misleading News, Click-Bait and the Media's Biases

The media rarely fabricate anything, but they are blind to their biases.

John Stossel | 2.22.2017 12:01 AM

Regulation

Repeal! No, Wait!

Regulations are far easier to pass than to get rid of.

John Stossel | 2.15.2017 12:01 AM

Donald Trump

Smearing Team Trump

The New York Times' breathlessly covers nominees for the Department of Labor and the FCC, and a potential nominee for the FDA.

John Stossel | 2.8.2017 12:01 AM

Trump Bubble Bursts

It was bound to happen.

John Stossel | 2.1.2017 1:30 AM

Betsy DeVos

What DeVos Should Have Said

Donald Trump's education secretary nominee is being considered by the Senate.

John Stossel | 1.25.2017 12:01 AM

Donald Trump

Trump's First Week

Four federal departments and one agency that could be shut down first.

John Stossel | 1.18.2017 12:01 AM

New York Times

Worst of Times

The New York Times' political and economic coverage is filled with deceit.

John Stossel | 1.11.2017 12:01 AM

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Donald Trump

The Trump Years

Two more weeks until the new administration begins.

John Stossel | 1.4.2017 12:01 AM

Betsy DeVos

Trump's Choice for School Choice

Betsy Devos is a promising choice for education secretary.

John Stossel | 12.28.2016 12:01 AM

Department of Labor

Close Them Down!

Donald Trump's picks to head the Department of Labor and Small Business Administration may be good, but the bureaucracies shouldn't exist in the first place.

John Stossel | 12.21.2016 5:45 AM