VIDEO DESCRIPTIONIndependent Institute Research Fellow Art Carden on the economics behind price gouging.
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Government Stealing Future from Today’s Youth?
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONAuthor Tom Palmer discusses the impact of government welfare and retirement programs on younger generations of Americans.
Job Creation Gone Wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u0i8UwsMwY Video Description Who creates jobs? And who creates jobs the best? Can the government help, or do government attempts to create jobs lead to inefficiencies and waste? Do government regulations help or hinder job...
Income Disparity: Should Equality Be the Goal?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZEqU3Gu0FM Video Description What is the problem with some people having more money than others? Would it be better if everyone had the same? What if we could make sure everyone earned the same amount of money as everyone else?...
Cash for Clunkers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h84a6oa2FPY Video Description Do government programs always help? Do the outcomes match the promises? What about the unseen, unintended results? This segment looks at the Cash for Clunkers program, and its results.
Is the Data on the Rising Cost of Health Care Misleading?
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONAQR Capital Management’s Cliff Asness on the costs of health care.
Is Government Involvement in Health Care Hurting Patients?
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONValley Surgical Clinics founder Dr. Jeffrey Singer on why Medicare and the health-care law are putting government interests and costs ahead of the interests of...
Free Enterprise and Income Inequality
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONCliff Asness of AQR Capital Management compares income inequality to income mobility.
Government Real Estate Wasting Taxpayer Cash
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONRep. John Mica, (R-Fla.), breaks down the millions being spent on empty building by the government.
Stossel’s Currency Conundrum
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONFormer Federal Reserve Economist David Barker discusses whether Americans should be able to print their own currency.
America: the Land of the Economically Free?
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONAmbassador Terry Miller of the Heritage Foundation discusses recent data on the state of economic freedom in the U.S.
Artists Against Capitalism
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONRadio host Lisa Kennedy and TV critic Glenn Garvin break down why musicians enjoy bashing the free market.
Why Does Hollywood Hate Capitalism?
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONRadio host Michael Medved argues those in Tinsel Town are hypocritical when bashing the business world.
Henderson: ‘Buy American’ is Nonsense
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONEconomist David Henderson argues that we should buy the cheapest goods available to free up capital for further spending.
Wall Street Protesters’ Economic Myths
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONManhattan Institute economist Josh Barro debunks the cries of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Internship Regulation: Are Unpaid Interns Exploited?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBF_zMBL2U0 Video Description Should interns get paid? Should minimum wage laws apply? Shouldn't the education and training an intern gets be considered? Are there any unintended consequences of mandating that interns be paid?...
Overregulation Nation Hampering Economy
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONFlow CEO Michael Strong and Tiossan CEO Maggate Wade on the impact government regulation has had on business growth.
Does America Need Energy Independence?
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONCenter for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney and the Cato Institute’s Jerry Taylor on the link between oil prices, energy independence and national security.[rev_slider...
Can Greed Work in a Free-Market Economy
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONForbes Media Chairman Steve Forbes and AEI’s Arthur Brooks on the benefits of a free-market economy.
Regulations, Regulations and More Regulations
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONFBN’s political experts on the new regulations we can expect during the second Obama term and how it will impact the economy.
Energy Independence: Fact vs. Fiction
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONThe Manhattan Institute’s Robert Bryce and the Cato Institute’s Jerry Taylor argue the energy independence isn’t necessary because of the global nature of the oil...
What Does Poverty Mean in America Today?
VIDEO DESCRIPTION‘A Nation of Moochers’ author Charles J. Sykes weighs in on America’s welfare state.
Limiting Political Speech
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONUniversity of Missouri Economics Professor Jeff Milyo on the rights of foreign companies to advertise before elections.
True Job Creators
http://media.foxbusiness.com/120911/120911_Stossel_Park_FBN_MED.mp4 Video Description Members of the “Job Creators Alliance” discuss how their companies have created jobs and helped boost small businesses in the U.S.
Forbes: Create 17% Flat Tax
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONForbes Media Chairman Steve Forbes argues we should impose a 17% flat tax to create a prosperous economy.
Are Millionaires Champions of Freedom?
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONForbes Media Chairman Steve Forbes and BB&T Bank Chairman John Allison explain how rich people can be champions of freedom.
Infrastructure Spending Not a Jobs Creator?
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONMercatus Center Economist Veronique de Rugy argues the private sector should be in charge of building roads.
Can a Budget Based on Values Work?
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONHilary Doe of the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network gives her take on budget reform.
Clash of the Conservative Budgets
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONStuart Butler of the Heritage Foundation and AEI’s Andrew Biggs debate how to reform the budget.
Can a Gas Tax Save the Economy?
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONJay Powell of the Bipartisan Policy Institute and David Callahan of Demos debate budget reform models.
Norquist: Don’t Raise Taxes
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONGrover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform on the latest efforts to reach a deal on the debt ceiling and why we can’t increase taxes.[rev_slider...
Johnson: I Did Not Create a Single Job!
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONFormer New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson on why he believes his anti-government governing style will help in his run for President.
Spontaneous Order Trumps Relying on Elites
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONLarry Reed of the Foundation for Economic Education, on the concept of spontaneous order and why it is a better strategy than relying solely on government leaders.[rev_slider...
Minimum Wage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guRzYCzBugE Video Description Why would anyone oppose a minimum wage? Don't all workers deserve to be paid fairly? Don't we need someone to protect workers from being taken advantage of? Is there a downside to minimum wage laws?...
The Real Story of Thanksgiving
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONGeorge Mason University economist Russ Roberts on how the Pilgrims were hurt by sharing.
Keynes vs. Hayek
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONEconstories co-founders Russ Robert and John Papola discuss how the greatest economists of the past generation would deal with current economic problems.[rev_slider...
How Immigrants Create Jobs
VIDEO DESCRIPTIONDevang Saraiya, financial software specialist from India, on skilled workers being kept out of the U.S.
