BOOK REVIEW: 'No, They Can't' - Washington Times - Robet Verbruggen:
April 9, 2012 - "John Stossel was for many years a great oddity: an openly right-of-center broadcast-TV journalist. Now he’s something less rare: a right-of-center host on a Fox cable network.
But if there’s one thing that hasn’t changed, it’s his fierce dedication to libertarian principles. In his latest book, No, They Can’t: Why Government Fails - But Individuals Succeed, Mr. Stossel argues that in almost every case, we’re better off handling things ourselves, without intervention from the state.
"As an introduction to a way of looking at the world, No, They Can’t is superb. In about 300 highly readable pages, Mr. Stossel whips through countless topics, explaining for each why libertarians think the government does more harm than good. It’s clearly intended to bring libertarian thought to people who haven’t really encountered it before: Every few pages, he includes a section divider explaining “What intuition tempts us to believe” (e.g. 'Drugs cause crime') and “What reality taught me” ('The drug war causes the crime')."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/9/a-tv-libertarians-manifesto/
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April 9, 2012 - "John Stossel was for many years a great oddity: an openly right-of-center broadcast-TV journalist. Now he’s something less rare: a right-of-center host on a Fox cable network.
But if there’s one thing that hasn’t changed, it’s his fierce dedication to libertarian principles. In his latest book, No, They Can’t: Why Government Fails - But Individuals Succeed, Mr. Stossel argues that in almost every case, we’re better off handling things ourselves, without intervention from the state.
"As an introduction to a way of looking at the world, No, They Can’t is superb. In about 300 highly readable pages, Mr. Stossel whips through countless topics, explaining for each why libertarians think the government does more harm than good. It’s clearly intended to bring libertarian thought to people who haven’t really encountered it before: Every few pages, he includes a section divider explaining “What intuition tempts us to believe” (e.g. 'Drugs cause crime') and “What reality taught me” ('The drug war causes the crime')."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/9/a-tv-libertarians-manifesto/
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