John Stossel is the host and creator of Stossel TV. The former host of Stossel on Reason, Fox Business' Stossel, and ABC's 20/20, he has won 19 Emmys and authored several best-sellers, most recently No, They Can't: Why Government Fails—But Individuals Succeed. He is also the author of a popular weekly column that is syndicated via Creators.
Latest from John Stossel
The Babylon Bee: The Absurdity of Reality 'Makes Our Job Very Difficult'
The Christian satire site has met the ire of fact-checkers for pushing back against left-leaning humor.
The Dangers of Rent Control on Display in the Twin Cities
St. Paul has seen a 61 percent decrease in building permits after the city imposed rent control on future housing.
Biden Says the Deficit Is Falling. Actually, It's Rising.
Under Biden, Trump, and Obama, government federal spending almost doubled.
Your Flight Is Delayed. Thank the Feds.
Congress has radically restricted the number of pilots without doing anything to increase safety.
No, Gas Prices Didn't Spike Because of 'Corporate Greed'
Corporations were just as greedy when prices fell in 2019 and early 2020.
GMOs Are Good for Us
The activists who say otherwise are wrong on the costs and wrong on the science.
The State Took Her Home Because She Missed $900 in Property Taxes
Tawanda Hall's house was worth $286,000 more than her overdue tax bill. There was nothing she could do about it.
The Case for Uber Surge Pricing After a Mass Shooting
In criticizing the move, the New York Post got basic economics wrong.
The Media and Big Tech Covered Up These Stories. Where's the Reckoning?
Left-leaning outlets and tech giants tried to label them disinformation—until they no longer could.
Fossil Fuels Save Lives
Over the last 100 years, we've seen a 98 percent decrease in climate-related deaths. You can thank fossil fuels.
'Fear Is the Tool of Totalitarians': Ron Paul on War, Money, and the Libertarian Moment
The former Texas congressman and presidential candidate says his goal was to get people to think about freedom.
Trudeau Took a Page From Obama When He Froze Protesters' Bank Accounts
When governments can de-bank you, you are not really free.
The Stossel State of the Union
"If I do my job right, you should barely know I'm here."
The American Medical Association Should Help Patients. Instead, It's Policing Language.
Protectionist policies are why the U.S. has few physicians and high prices.
China Brings Out the Hypocrisy in Corporate Social Justice Warriors
"I think the Chinese government actually takes a lot of pleasure knowing that they can actually strong-arm individuals and companies into capitulation to its own political ideology."
Don't Blame 'Greedy Corporations' for Inflation. Blame the Government.
"Greed is constant. If it's greed, how do we explain prices falling?"
Florida's COVID Policies Defied the Media's Narrative
Ron DeSantis killed people because Florida didn't impose tougher rules, we're told. But it's not true.
Don't Ban Critical Race Theory. Legalize School Choice.
"It's the taxpayers that are funding this."
Rand Paul: Fauci Is Not Beyond Reproach
"Any time you have government dogma saying they are science, or government bureaucrats who claim that 'this is the one and perfect truth'…we should run headlong away."
The FDA Still Hasn't Approved 2 New Drugs That Could Help End the Pandemic
Bureaucratic foot-dragging is costing lives.
New York City's Bryant Park Was a Hot Mess. Then It Was Privatized.
When government does things, most everything costs more and is lower quality.
Facebook Fact-Checkers Are Stifling Open Debate
It's true that some users spread lies on social media. But this can’t be solved by partisan “fact-checking."
Private Property Rights Made the First Thanksgiving Possible
Something to be grateful for.
This Social Worker Wants To Help Special Needs Kids. Louisiana Says She Has To Prove She's Needed.
The state "wants to limit how many agencies they have to regulate," says Ursula Newell-Davis.
The Virginia Governor's Race Was an Advertisement for School Choice
Children are too important to be entrusted to unions or government monopolies.
Congress Spends More on Defense Than the Next 10 Countries Combined
We can't afford to keep funding defense contractors' cost overruns.
Popular Progressive Policies Helped Ruin Venezuela. They Won't Work Here Either.
The idea that massive government spending, hate speech laws, and gun control will improve America—when they failed horribly elsewhere—is a dangerous myth.
There Would Be a Lot More Good News if Government Would Get Out of the Way
"The quality of life we have even during COVID is so much higher than anything humanity experienced, and it's only going to get better."
We Have Vaccines. We Don't Need Pandemic Restrictions.
Denmark recently lifted all COVID mandates. The U.S. should do the same.
Government Keeps Trying To Censor This Brewery. The Owner Isn't Having It.
"Do you really want to live in a country where government bureaucrats, based on whim and personal preference, can censor whatever they don't like?"
School Choice Helped a Homeless Teen Grow Up To Run a Nonprofit. Now She Wants To Help Others.
"If you would have told me when I was 12 years old, I would run this organization, I would have said you were crazy."
Memphis Gave IKEA $9.5 Million While Several Smaller Furniture Stores Went Under
Corporate welfare hurts the people who actually need help.
Opposing Racism Doesn't Require Promoting Victimhood
The ideas put forward by Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi are fundamentally "anti-black."
Vaccines Are Good. Vaccine Mandates From the Government Are Bad.
If you support "my body, my choice," you cannot support vaccine mandates.
Once a Communist Backwater, Georgia Discovered the Benefits of Free Markets. Now It Risks Abandoning Them.
"Government should be very small. It should just regulate the minimum."
YouTube Has the Right To Shut Down Rand Paul. That Doesn't Mean It Should.
Big tech platforms should encourage debate, not forbid it.
To Fight Communism, the U.S. Should Beam Internet Into Cuba
"The Cuban people are not asking for military intervention."
Should Trans Women Compete Against Biological Women in Sports?
On Monday, weightlifter Laurel Hubbard became the first openly transgender woman to compete at the Olympics.
State Governments Are Creating Their Own Drug Cartels
Much of what government does is tax people to try to fix problems that government caused.
Speech Is Not Violence
"Claiming that kind of victimhood gives them a sense of belonging, of togetherness."
Regulation Kills Innovation. So These Entrepreneurs Didn't Ask for Permission.
From SpaceX and Tesla to Uber and Lyft, many of the most successful companies thrived without the government's stamp of approval.
How Big Business Uses Big Government To Kill Competition
Corporations can afford robots. Their competitors often cannot.
A New Case Gives the Supreme Court a Chance To Defend Gun Rights
It's likely that soon, almost all Americans will be legally able to carry guns.
What People Get Wrong About Capitalism
"We went from agricultural poverty to a country characterized by middle-class prosperity."
People Love To Criticize Capitalism. Here's Why They're Wrong.
In capitalist societies, the poor get richer.