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Rent Control: Wrong As Always

“Why would you enter a market where the government is actively trying to hurt you?”

Economist Salim Furth of the Mercatus Center predicted builders would flee St Paul’s rent control law.

Four years later, the city admits he was right. Here’s more from John Stossel.

Is The Green Nightmare Over?

Governments everywhere pledged to go net-zero! They’d STOP increasing emissions.

Sounds nice.

But then: blackouts and soaring energy costs.

So much for the green dream.

Here’s why countries are walking back their net-zero push. Here’s more from John Stossel.

Woke Failed The Test

The SAT is racist?

When activists claimed that, MOST colleges dumped the tests.

That’s bad for students, says @jasonrileywsj. “They’re being set up to fail.”

He was right.

Now, more colleges finally admit the tests are useful, and the tests are back! Here’s more from John Stossel.

Lunch Grounded By Government

Jeff Bezos thought we’d have drone deliveries by 2018.

Most of us STILL don’t have it.

Why?

“Confusing regulations” explains Adam Thierer, author of Permissionless Innovation. President Donald Trump wants the government to cut the red tape. Here’s more from John Stossel.

Environmental Myths

Environmental activists scare us with lies about extreme weather, dying species and food shortages.

Why?

“These scares drive donations.” says science writer Jon Entine.

In this compilation, we debunk their scary predictions about sea level rise, polar bears, drought… Here’s more from John Stossel.

Don’t Ever Give Up!

I’ve failed!

For years, I’ve made the case for free markets.

Yet now, socialists WIN elections!

Don’t people understand economics?

Only with “liberty, humanity moves forward,” explains Steve Forbes.

In our full interview: how entrepreneurs achieve what government doesn’t. Here’s more from John Stossel.

The Promises They Break

Donald Trump, running for office, said, “No more wars.”

Joe Biden said, “It’s time to end the forever war.”

But both got us involved in foreign wars.

So did presidents before them. Here’s more from John Stossel.

Nuclear Power Is Back!

President Donald Trump has ordered regulators to fast-track new nuclear plants.

Democratic senators call that dangerous.

“That’s just a bunch of crap,” says Ray Rothrock, a lawyer at Northrop Grumann. “They’re afraid of something they don’t need to be afraid of.”

My video covers some of their fears. Here’s more from John Stossel.

Rich Kids For Socialism?

It’s not the poor who want socialism.

It’s a “luxury belief,” says Rob Henderson.

Because socialism’s biggest promoters live a life of privilege.

Stossel TV Fellow Leyla Taghiyeva of Students for Liberty reports.

Who Sets Prices?

$122 for Thai takeout?

That’s what’s happened in Seattle, after politicians forced a high minimum wage for DoorDashers.

Now customers order less food, and drivers get less work.

Government wage controls ALWAYS fail. Here’s more from John Stossel, describing how government regulations broke the gig work economy.

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