No, They Can't
Why Government Fails-But Individuals Succeed
Read by: John Stossel
Politicians—and we voters—can dream of guaranteed incomes or green energy. But the mature response to cries of “Yes, we can!” should be “No, we can’t”—not when “we” means government. There is nothing that government can do that we cannot do better as free individuals. —John Stossel in No, They Can’t
John Stossel debunks the most revered of society’s sacred cows in this spirited New York Times bestseller: our belief that government can solve our problems. Stossel insists that we discard the myth of the “perfect” government—left or right—and retrain our brain to rethink our lives as independent individuals in light of such topics as
HEALTH CARE • DEFENSE SPENDING
JOB CREATION • GUN CONTROL
PUBLIC EDUCATION • ENERGY
MINIMUM-WAGE LAWS • CLIMATE CHANGE
THE NATIONAL DEBT • POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
THE ASSAULT ON FOOD . . . and much more!
John Stossel debunks the most revered of society’s sacred cows in this spirited New York Times bestseller: our belief that government can solve our problems. Stossel insists that we discard the myth of the “perfect” government—left or right—and retrain our brain to rethink our lives as independent individuals in light of such topics as
HEALTH CARE • DEFENSE SPENDING
JOB CREATION • GUN CONTROL
PUBLIC EDUCATION • ENERGY
MINIMUM-WAGE LAWS • CLIMATE CHANGE
THE NATIONAL DEBT • POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
THE ASSAULT ON FOOD . . . and much more!
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- Simon & Schuster Audio |
- ISBN 9781442347137 |
- April 2012
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Praise
“Excellent...No They Can't shed[s] light on how nonsensical government…is way beyond what our constitution allows.”
– Sarah Palin
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“Excellent...No They Can't shed[s] light on how nonsensical government…is way beyond what our constitution allows.”– Sarah Palin
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“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.”– The Washington Times
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“I love No They Can't. This book sends a message that people need to read.”– Senator Mike Lee
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“One of the nation's most recognized advocates of free-markets and individualism, Stossel argues that we have to become reality-based skeptics and embrace facts rather than feel-good rhetoric and politically popular policies that simply don't work.”– David Harsanyi, Human Events
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“Is there anything for a reader already on the capitalist side to learn from yet another one of these books? Yes there is.”– Future of Capitalism
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“FIXING” THE ECONOMY
We spend too much time waiting for orders—and money—from Washington.
This happens because people think “something must be done” (by government) whenever bad things happen. When the housing bubble burst and stock prices tanked, President Obama told us: “The consensus is this: We have to do whatever it takes to get this economy moving again—we’re going to have to spend money now to stimulate the economy. . . .”
The idea, always implicit in the government’s thinking, but made explicit in the past few years, was... see more
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With characteristic tenacity, John Stossel, author of NO THEY CAN'T outlines and exposes the fallacies and facts of the most pressing issues of today’s social and political climate—and shows how our intuitions about them are, frankly, wrong
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