author-image John Stossel John Stossel is a longtime award-winning broadcast journalist who hosts "Stossel" on the Fox Business Network. His newest book is "No, They Can't: Why Government Fails, but Individuals Succeed." To find out more about John Stossel, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage.

J. STOSSEL: The idiocy of business licensing

by John Stossel -- Instinctively, we look for people's motives. We need to know whom we can trust and whom we can't. We're especially skeptical of business because we know business wants more…

J. STOSSEL: Making life fair

by John Stossel -- When my wife was a liberal, she complained that libertarian reasoning is coldhearted. Since markets produce winners and losers – and many losers did nothing wrong – market more…

The assault on food

by John Stossel -- Instinct tells us to fear poison. If our ancestors were not cautious about what they put in their mouths, they would not have survived long enough to produce more…

J. STOSSEL: Keynesian cluelessness

by John Stossel -- We spend too much time waiting for orders – and money – from Washington. The collapse of the housing bubble gave politicians a license to do what they more…

J. STOSSEL: Can government do anything well?

by John Stossel -- I'm suspicious of superstitions, like astrology or the belief that "green jobs will fix the environment and the economy." I understand the appeal of such beliefs. People crave more…

J. STOSSEL: Job killers

by John Stossel -- Politicians say they "create jobs." In fact, only the private sector generates the information needed to create real, productive jobs. Since this current post-recession job recovery is the more…

JOHN STOSSEL: What is fair?

by John Stossel -- President Obama says he want to make society more fair. Advocates of big government believe fairness means taking from rich people and giving to others: poor people; or more…