by Dan Mitchell | Jul 6, 2022 | Blogs, Constitution
John Stossel has added to his collection of great videos. His latest releases asks whether the Constitution should be amended. If you watch carefully, you’ll see that I made an appearance toward the end. My clip lasts only about five seconds, but I used that short...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 22, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Last week, I shared Part I of my discussion with John Stossel about “capitalism myths.” Here’s Part II. In the first video, we discussed three myths about free enterprise. Myth #1 – Capitalists get rich by ‘taking’ money from others.Myth #2 – The rich getting richer,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 16, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I was a big fan of (and occasional guest on) John Stossel’s TV show, and I’m now a big fan of his videos (see here, here, here, here, here, here, and here). So it was an honor to appear in his latest video about...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 14, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Two years ago, I explained that socialism is an economic failure, regardless of how it is defined. In today’s follow-up column, let’s start with an excellent video from John Stossel. Before addressing the three myths mentioned in the video, it’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 5, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
In an amazing display of incompetence, we still don’t know whether Bernie Sanders or Pete Buttigieg won the Iowa caucus. This has created some opportunities for satire, with people asking how a political party that can’t properly count 200,000 votes somehow can...
