VIDEO DESCRIPTIONGovernment handouts repeatedly end up in the pockets of giant corporations. Johan Norberg’s new documentary covers this "socialism for the rich.”AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to...
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Outlawing Price Gouging
VIDEO DESCRIPTION“Gouging” becomes an issue every hurricane season. After big storms, some people raise prices. Then politicians and the media freak out. Both demand tougher laws against...
Government Fueled Fires
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONThe massive, deadly wildfires in America’s West are caused by climate change,” smirks California governor Gavin Newsom. In reality, bad forest management and excessive...
How Rent Control Hurts Renters
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONEverywhere it's tried, rent control harms the people it's meant to help. Yet politicians continue to implement it. AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to...
Protecting Free Speech
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONAmericans often take free speech for granted, but if we look around the world, it might change our perspective.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to...
The Landlord Squats Back
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONIf you find someone squatting in your house, it turns out that there’s often very little you can do to get them out, because laws meant to protect tenants also protect...
Better Than Charity
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONWhat's the best way to help the world? Government programs? Charity? There's something better than both.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or...
The Recycling Religion
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONFor decades we’ve been told recycling helps the Earth. But does it really?AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These...
Electric Cars: Inconvenient Facts, Part 2
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONDo you think every car should be electric? In this video (and Part 1), John shares some inconvenient facts that might change your mind.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF...
Does the Constitution Need to be Amended?
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONJohn asked a variety of lawyers, experts, media members, and people on the street how they would improve the Constitution.AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access...
A Recipe for Big Government: Food Insecurity
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONThe government tells us 33 million Americans suffer from food insecurity. But is that really true? John investigates food insecurity and food deserts.AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to...
5 Socialism Myths, Part 2
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONSocialism is now as popular as capitalism among young people. In this video (and Part 1), John debunks some socialism myths.AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to...
5 Socialism Myths, Part 1
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONSocialism is now as popular as capitalism among young people. In this video (and Part 2), John debunks some socialism myths.AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to...
The Nuclear Option
VIDEO DESCRIPTION"Climate change is the existential threat!" warns Bernie Sanders and others. But if he really believed that, he should support nuclear -- the only technology that has a track record of rapidly replacing fossil fuels.AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login...
Bad Government Brings Bad Inflation
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONInflation is sharply up. Now it's 7%. What went wrong?AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These Additional...
Toxic Victimhood
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONThe new “woke” movement hurts minorities by pushing a “victim” mentality, says professor John McWhorter, author of “Woke Racism.”AVAILABLE RESOURCESAVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to...
The “Socially Responsible” Scam
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONPopular “socially responsible” investment funds advertise: “Make money AND help the world!” But they often do neither. Their funds are usually higher priced marketing...
Middle East Enlightenment
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONSurveys show that the Islamic World — long filled with war and religious dogma — is starting to become more tolerant, and a little more secular.AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login...
Snowden: Traitor or Hero?
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONEight years ago, Edward Snowden revealed government secrets. He told the world that America, illegally, spies on Americans, and most everyone in the world. Some now call Snowden...
The GOOD News of 2020
VIDEO DESCRIPTION2020 was “the worst year ever!” said many. But was it? Historian Johan Norberg says “no,” and reminds John to be grateful for the good trends in the world.AVAILABLE...
SpaceX Does What Government Won’t
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONOn August 2nd, two American astronauts return to Earth. Their launch was the first from the US in 10 years. It wasn’t NASA that sent them into space. It was Elon Musk‘s SpaceX...
Let People Work
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONGovernment rules often ban people with years-old misdemeanors from working.AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These Additional Resources[RM_Form...
China’s Tech Totalitarianism
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONIf China does have coronavirus under control, the dictators will claim their “social credit score” system helped.AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These...
Everyone’s A Criminal
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONHave you broken a law today? You might be surprised.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These Additional...
Solving Student Debt
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONA new idea called “income share agreements” could help solve the student debt crisis.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access...
Lessons from Africa
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONWhy is Africa poor? Magatte Wade has some answers.AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These Additional ResourcesAVAILABLE RESOURCES...
Are We Doomed?
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONWe’re told that when it comes to climate change, the debate is over. But is it? Should it be? Has the case been closed, or could we use some healthy debate?AVAILABLE RESOURCES...
Save Lives, Sell Organs
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONAllowing organ sales would save lives, but critics say it would hurt the poor.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These...
Minimum Wage Hurts Beginners
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONHow Seattle’s $15 minimum wage killed entry-level jobs.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF Online Quizzes AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These Additional...
Mow Your Lawn or Lose Your House!
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONFlorida man may lose home because he didn’t cut his grass.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These Additional...
In Defense Of Capitalism
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONProgressives attack capitalism because it lets some become very rich while others stay poor. But Yaron Brook, chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute says the opposite is...
Basic Income: Pros and Cons
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONOren Cass explains the pros and cons of adopting a universal basic income in this episode of The Federalist Society’s POLICYbrief.AVAILABLE RESOURCESAVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to...
Money, Money, Money
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONWhat makes money trustworthy?AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These Additional ResourcesAVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF...
The Rise of Citizen Journalists
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONJohn Stossel says citizen journalists cover things the mainstream media miss.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These...
Inequality Myths
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONPoliticians and reporters often rail about “the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.” John Stossel explains it’s not true.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE...
Green New Deal: Fact Versus Fiction
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposes to save the planet.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These...
The Fundamentals of Economics
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONEconomics is the study of human behavior. Kevin Lieber (VSauce2) and his friends Fiona & Professor Fergberg outline some of the fundamentals.AVAILABLE RESOURCESAVAILABLE...
Venezuela IS Socialism
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONIn Florida, reporter Gloria Álvarez talked to Venezuelan immigrants, and most of them told her socialism doesn’t work. Stossel warns that if we don’t realize that socialism is...
Paris Climate Agreement
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONIs Donald Trump right to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement?AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These Additional Resources[RM_Form...
What Do Entrepreneurs Actually Do?
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONDiscuss the risks and benefits of entrepreneurship with this episode of Common Sense Soapbox.AVAILABLE RESOURCESAVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These...
Sugar’s Sweetheart Deal
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONThe U.S. sugar program is “Stalin-style price controls,” Ross Marchand of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance tells John Stossel.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE...
Read All About It!
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONMost people think the concepts of free speech and freedom of the press started in America. But another country actually codified freedom of the press in its constitution before...
Super Bowl of Welfare
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONSports stadiums get billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These Additional...
Outside the Box
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONWhen Eli is required to reduce his son Jack to a single check-mark in front of a race box, it doesn’t sit well with him.Download Teacher's GuideDownload Video (.mp4 FILE)To download this video or the Teacher's Guide that goes along with it, please...
War on Electric Scooters
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONYou may have seen electric scooters in your city. John Stossel wonders if this is the next revolution in urban travel. But what about safety?AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF...
Health Coach Threatened with Jail for Dietary Advice
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONShould there be limits on what advice people can give others? Should people need licenses or permits– government permission—to give advice?AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF...
Junk Science Locks Up Innocent People
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONWe learn from CSI, Law & Order, and NCIS that forensic science is infallible, leading to the conviction of people who might otherwise have gotten away with their crimes. But DNA...
Toys Were Us – Now Let’s Build Something Better!
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONIt is sad when a business we have grown up with closes. Often, that closing is a result of creative destruction. But is that good, bad, or just the natural course in an...