Blockbuster’s demise began when it charged a man named Reed Hastings $40 in late fees. That annoyed him so much, he started a subscription-based, mail-order movie rental company he called Netflix.
John Stossel
John Stossel is author of No They Can't! Why Government Fails — But Individuals Succeed. Award-winning news correspondent John Stossel is currently with Fox Business Network and Fox News. Before making the change to Fox News, Stossel was the co-anchor of ABC News's "20/20." Eight to 10 million people watched his program weekly. Often, he ended "20/20" with a TV column called "Give Me a Break," which challenged conventional wisdom. Stossel has received 19 Emmy Awards and has been honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club. Among his other awards are the George Polk Award for Outstanding Local Reporting and the George Foster Peabody Award. For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.
State Licensing Regulations Limit Competition
Byzantine state laws demand you get a state-approved license before you may become a hairdresser, tour guide, travel agent, house painter and all sorts of other jobs where customer happiness should be the guide.
Congressional Grandstanding
The more I watch politicians, the more I hate them.
Against Higher Education: Is College a Government-Subsidized Rip-Off?
Although Caplan thinks college is mostly a scam, he says there’s one type of person who definitely benefits — professors like him.
Give, Don’t Govern
Government’s built-in ignorance explains how it can spend trillions on failed poverty programs, and then respond to the failure by demanding more funds to continue the same programs.
The Case Against Socialism
“Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot, Castro, Chavez, Maduro. It doesn’t work.”
The Forgotten U.S. Federal Government Debt
It’s increasing by $1 trillion a year.
Rich Hollywood “Socialists” Against Capitalism
In most every Hollywood movie, capitalism is evil.
Thanks, Private Property!
Families will argue this Thanksgiving. Such arguments have a long tradition. The Pilgrims had clashing ideas about how to organize their settlement in the New World. The resolution of that debate made the first Thanksgiving possible. The Pilgrims were religious,...
The History of Thanksgiving: Thanks, Property Rights
This Thanksgiving, I give thanks for something our forebears gave us: property rights.
Climate Myths
Governments want to keep control… Carbon dioxide becomes that molecule by which (they) can take control of your lives.
Certificate of Need (CON) Laws Reduce Competition in the Medical Industry
In health care, and all fields, it’s better to see what competition can do rather than letting the government and its cronies decide what to allow.
