Welcome to our Both Sides of the Issue Series! We created this series to help teachers present balanced lessons on topics that John Stossel addresses. Each month, we pair two of John’s videos with videos representing opposing arguments. Our goal is to provide teachers and students with different viewpoints and encourage open discussion and critical thinking.
Every Both Sides of the Issue pairing includes discussion questions, so it’s never been easier to get the conversation started.
Special Note: We are aware that on many issues, there are many sides, not just two. We call it “Both Sides” for simplicity and to spark discourse. Help develop critical skills by exploring additional sides in your discussions.
Both Sides: Poverty Revisited
INVESTMENTS TO END POVERTY IN 4 MINUTESTHE SOLUTION TO POVERTYAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Gas Prices
WHO REALLY CONTROLS US GAS PRICES?WHY ARE GAS PRICES SO HIGH?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Monopolies
WHY THE U.S. MUST BREAK THE GRIP OF HUGE MONOPOLIESIS MONOPOLY A JUSTIFICATION FOR GOVERNMENT REGULATION?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Are We Running Out of Resources?
NATURAL RESOURCES - ARE WE RUNNING OUT?ARE WE RUNNING OUT OF RESOURCES?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: The Labor Theory of Value
RICHARD WOLFF: HOW YOU ARE BEING EXPLOITEDYARON ANSWERS: WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE LABOR THEORY OF VALUE?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: The Middle Class
WHY IS THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS SHRINKING?WHY THE MIDDLE CLASS IS BETTER OFF THAN YOU THINKAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: The Free Market
RICHARD WOLFF ON THE FREE MARKETMILTON FRIEDMAN - FREE MARKET EXCHANGEAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Inflation Revisited
INFLATION EXPLAINED: THE REAL REASON PRICES ARE GOING UPBAD GOVERNMENT BRINGS BAD INFLATIONAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Reducing Poverty
DID BRAZIL FIND THE SOLUTION TO POVERTY?BETTER THAN CHARITYAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: The Cost of Health Care
THE REAL REASON AMERICAN HEALTH CARE IS SO EXPENSIVEHOW TO MAKE HEALTH CARE BETTER AND MORE AFFORDABLEAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Democratic Socialism
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM, EXPLAINED5 SOCIALISM MYTHS: PART 2AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Bitcoin Revisited
THE TRUTH ABOUT BITCOINBITCOIN: "A WEAPON FOR US TO FIGHT OPPRESSION"AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Universal Basic Income
HOW UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME WOULD WORK, ACCORDING TO ANDREW YANGCOVID PROVES ANDREW YANG'S UBI WON'T WORKAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Stimulus and Inflation
WHY NOT EVERYONE IN THE U.S. LIKES STIMULUS CHECKSWHY THE U.S. DOESN'T WANT INFLATION, EXPLAINEDAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Big Government and Freedom
IS "BIG GOVERNMENT" REALLY THE PROBLEM?HOW FREE ARE YOU?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: The Pros and Cons of Bitcoin
WHY BITCOIN IS SO BAD FOR THE PLANETBITCOIN IS PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLDAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Is Nuclear Power the Answer?
3 REASONS WHY NUCLEAR ENERGY IS TERRIBLE!THE NUCLEAR OPTIONAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Was the Soviet Union Socialist?
NOAM CHOMSKY – THE SOVIET UNION VS. SOCIALISMTHE SOVIET UNION WAS SOCIALISTAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Jobs and Open Borders
“OPEN BORDERS? THAT’S A KOCH PROPOSAL”IMMIGRATION MYTHS DEBUNKEDAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Capitalism and Poverty
DOES CAPITALISM ACTUALLY REDUCE POVERTY?HOW CAPITALISM LIFTS PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTYAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Was Snowden Right or Wrong?
WHY SNOWDEN IS WRONGSNOWDEN: TRAITOR OR HERO?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: What Should Be Done About Climate Change?
THE GREEN NEW DEAL, EXPLAINEDECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INNOVATIONAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Why Are Wildfires Getting Worse?
CLIMATE CHANGE IS MAKING WILDFIRES MORE EXTREMEGOVERNMENT FUELED FIRESAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Should Facebook Censor Political Posts?
WHY FACEBOOK NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FAKE NEWSTHE NEW CENSORSAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Private Space Travel
SHOULD WE LEAVE THE FUTURE OF SPACE IN THE HANDS OF PRIVATE COMPANIES?SPACEX DOES WHAT GOVERNMENT WON’TAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Qualified Immunity
KAYLEIGH MCENANY DEFENDS COPS’ QUALIFIED IMMUNITYUNLAWFUL SHIELD: ABOLISH QUALIFIED IMMUNITYAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: The Gig Economy
BIG WIN FOR GIG ECONOMY WORKERSTHE BILL THAT KILLED FREELANCEAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Should We Cancel Student Debt?
THE CASE FOR CANCELLING ALL STUDENT LOANSWHY CANCELING STUDENT LOANS IS BAD FOR EVERYONEAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: The COVID-19 Shutdown
BILL GATES CALLS FOR NATIONAL SHUTDOWNCORONAVIRUS OVERREACHAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Price Gouging Revisited
HOW CORONAVIRUS PRICE-GOUGING IS HURTING CONSUMERSPRICE GOUGINGAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Does America Need A Wealth Tax?
ROBERT REICH: WHY WE NEED A WEALTH TAXWHY ELIZABETH WARREN’S WEALTH TAX WON’T WORKAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Medicare for All?
MEDICARE FOR ALL LEAVES NO ONE BEHINDWHY BERNIE SANDERS’ MEDICARE FOR ALL IS A BAD IDEAAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: What Should We Do About Student Debt?
ROBERT REICH: THE STUDENT DEBT CRISISSOLVING STUDENT DEBTAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Billionaires
A SYSTEM WITH BILLIONAIRES IS IMMORALWHY JEFF BEZOS ISN’T AS RICH AS YOU THINKAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Did Socialism Cause Venezuela’s Crisis?
DON’T BLAME SOCIALISM FOR VENEZUELA’S WOESVENEZUELA IS SOCIALISMAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Debating Capitalism
THREE FLAWS OF CAPITALISM ACCORDING TO MARXISTSIN DEFENSE OF CAPITALISMAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Robots & Jobs Revisited
TECHNOLOGY IS REPLACING JOBS. ARE YOU READY?WILL ROBOTS MAKE HUMAN JOBS OBSOLETE?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Does Marijuana Legalization Help or Hurt?
THE BIG PROBLEM WITH LEGALIZING MARIJUANALEGAL WEED SO FARAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Privatization – Good or Bad?
THE TRUTH ABOUT PRIVATIZATION$2 MILLION BATHROOMAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Minimum Wage Revisited
FIGHT FOR $15MINIMUM WAGEAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Should We Have Single-Payer Healthcare?
IT’S TIME FOR MEDICARE FOR ALLSINGLE-PAYER?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: The National Debt Revisited
STOP FREAKING OUT ABOUT THE DEBTONE THING WE SHOULD COPY FROM CANADAAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Lab-Grown Meat
ANTHONY BOURDAIN’S BIG PROBLEM WITH ARTIFICIAL MEATLAB-GROWN MEAT IS COMING TO YOUR SUPERMARKETAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Electric Scooters – Problem or Solution?
SCOOTER LEAVES MAN WITH BROKEN JAW, PERMANENT HEARING DAMAGEWAR ON ELECTRIC SCOOTERSAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: “Buy American, Hire American”?
DONALD TRUMP SIGNS ‘BUY AMERICAN, HIRE AMERICAN’ EXECUTIVE ORDERFOREIGNERS ARE OUR FRIENDSAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: What Should We Do About Social Security?
EXPAND SOCIAL SECURITYFREE-MARKET SOCIAL SECURITYAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: The College Crossroads Revisited
WHY IS INVESTING IN EDUCATION IMPORTANT?THE COLLEGE SCAMAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Should We Ban Plastic Straws?
HERE’S HOW LITTLE PLASTIC STRAWS ARE WRECKING OUR OCEANSPLASTIC STRAW MYTHSAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Should We Tax the Rich More?
ECONOMISTS SAY WE SHOULD TAX THE RICH AT 90%WHY THE RICH LIKE HIGH TAXESAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: The Government’s Role in Protecting the Environment
WHY MOST AMERICANS SUPPORT THE EPACAN BIG BUSINESS SAVE THE TREES (AND THE BEES)?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Does Immigration Hurt the Economy?
THE HIGH COST OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATIONIMMIGRATION MYTHS DEBUNKEDAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Unions and “Right to Work”
WHY “RIGHT TO WORK” IS WRONG FOR WORKERSSUPREME COURT RULING MAY CRUSH UNIONSAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: A Deeper Look At Soda Taxes
THE SODA WARS OF BERKELEY, CATHE PHILLY SODA TAX SCAMAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Are the Trump Tariffs Good for America?
BIG LABOR PRAISES PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR TARIFF DECISIONWILL TARIFFS HURT AMERICANS?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Leaving the Paris Climate Agreement
THE PARIS ACCORD: WHAT IS IT? AND WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?THE PARIS CLIMATE FRAUDAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: How is Climate Change Impacting Hurricanes?
HOW CLIMATE CHANGE MAKES HURRICANES WORSEHURRICANES NOT CAUSED BY “MANMADE CLIMATE CHANGE”AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: The Endangered Species Act
THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: 40 YEARS AT THE FOREFRONT OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATIONWAR ON THE LITTLE GUY: ENDANGERED SPECIESAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Digging Deeper on Income Inequality
WEALTH INEQUALITY IN AMERICAINCOME DISPARITY: SHOULD EQUALITY BE THE GOAL?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Charter Schools – Good or Bad?
CORPORATIONS GET RICH OFF CHILDREN WITH CHARTER SCHOOLSCHARTER SCHOOLS IMPROVE EDUCATIONAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: More on Income Inequality
INEQUALITY IS REAL, IT’S PERSONAL, IT’S EXPENSIVE AND IT WAS CREATEDTHE WORKING RICH IMPROVE OUR LIVESAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Is Recycling Necessary?
DOES RECYCLING ACTUALLY HELP?GREEN TYRANNY: RECYCLINGAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Robots & Jobs – Should We Be Worried?
WILL A ROBOT TAKE YOUR JOB?ROBOTS & DRIVERLESS CARSAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Is Price Gouging Immoral?
ECONOMINUTE: PRICE GOUGINGIS PRICE GOUGING BAD?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Free Speech and Political Correctness
IS PC CULTURE ANTI-FREE SPEECH?THREATS TO FREE SPEECH: CENSORSHIP ON CAMPUSAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Is Free Trade Good for America?
NAFTA HAS DESTROYED AMERICAN MANUFACTURINGDOES FREE TRADE CREATE PROSPERITY?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: The College Crossroads
IS COLLEGE WORTH IT?VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS VS. HIGHER EDUCATIONAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: AirBNB – Good or Bad?
ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING – WHY YOUR AIRBNB MAY BE ILLEGALAIRBNB RENTAL BREAKING CITY RULESAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: What Should America do About the National Debt?
AUSTERITY 101$20,000,000,000,000 IN DEBT AND RISINGAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: The Climate Debate
CLIMATE CHANGE 101 WITH BILL NYEWHAT IS THE TRUTH ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Should Everybody Vote?
YOU. MUST. VOTE.EVERYONE MUST VOTE?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Equal Opportunity in America
THE SEGREGATION MYTH: RICHARD ROTHSTEIN DEBUNKS AN AMERICAN LIEIS THE AMERICAN DREAM ALIVE FOR MINORITIES?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: The Pros and Cons of Foreign Aid
BILL GATES: FOREIGN AID WORKS #STOPTHEMYTHFOREIGN AID WORSE FOR GLOBAL ECONOMY?AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Fossil Fuels – For and Against
THE TRUE COST OF FOSSIL FUELSTHE ENERGY DEBATE: A CASE FOR FOSSIL FUELSAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Should We “Buy American”?
TOP 5 REASONS YOU SHOULD BUY AMERICAN“BUY AMERICAN” IS NONSENSEAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Examining the Gender Pay Gap
IS THE GENDER PAY GAP REAL?BUSTING THE GENDER PAY GAP MYTHSAVAILABLE RESOURCES
Both Sides: Raising the Minimum Wage
SHOULD WE RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE?IS RAISING MINIMUM WAGE A BAD IDEA?AVAILABLE RESOURCES