by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
For folks who aren’t busy with last-minute Christmas shopping (this book is a great gift), here’s a video looking at economic myths. The video begins with Professor Ben Powell debunking five myths about socialism. And it ends with me debunking seven myths about...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 11, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Socialism
In this new interview with John Stossel, I explained that cronyism and socialism are bad, while creative destruction is good. The discussion focuses on Trump’s troubling desire to have partial government ownership of various companies. I’ve already written...
by Dan Mitchell | May 26, 2025 | Blogs, Education
It’s been more than 15 years since CF&P released its video about school choice, so let’s update the argument for educational freedom with this new video from John Stossel. For most Americans, the biggest argument for school choice is improved educational outcomes...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 28, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Building on Part I, Part II, and Part III of this series, here’s a video debunking some online socialists who are inexplicably popular. As you can see, the video cites real socialists – i.e., people who defend policies such as government ownership of the means of...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 24, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
I normally share this video from Reason every Thanksgiving. But this year I’m going to recycle instead a video from John Stossel. The moral of the story is that societies based on collectivism do not succeed. People don’t work...
