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Millions of Africans break laws and risk their lives to reach other continents. They do that because there are few jobs available in their home countries -- but why are there few jobs? Senegalese entrepreneur Magatte Wade says it's because African rules crush job-creators:

Is your property… yours? Not if the government takes it. Susette Kelo bought a run-down home. She fixed it up and painted it pink. Then the government came and took it.

Popular "socially responsible" investment funds advertise: “Make money AND help the world!” But they often do neither. Investing in “socially responsible” or “sustainable” funds usually means you pay higher fees to invest in feel-good nonsense. Even worse, "socially responsible" funds can backfire. Some green funds oppose fracking -- but the U.S. led all countries in reducing carbon emissions lately, mostly because fracking’s natural gas reduced demand for dirty coal and oil. Watch the video above for more about how "socially responsible" funds cost you more to accomplish nothing good for the world.

The self-driving car is here! It REALLY works. Nobody even has to sit in the front seat. My executive producer, @maximlott, went to San Francisco & Phoenix to report:

Bernie Sanders and others on the left want higher taxes on "millionaires and billionaires." Would that be a good idea? Most rich people became prosperous by creating wealth. Jim Caruso took over a bankrupt brewery and turned it around by inventing creative craft beers. He now employs more than 100 people. The company he runs, Flying Dog Brewery, is worth millions. Caruso had a good answer when I asked him about the “unfairness” of some Americans having so much more money than others. The top fraction of earners does now own almost half America's assets. Caruso pointed out that Steve Jobs was worth $10 billion when he died, but since Apple sold more than 2 billion devices, Jobs collected just $5 per device. "I think Steve might have been underpaid here," he says. Most on the left don't see it that way. "The feeling tends to be that somebody like Steve Jobs took something away from everybody else," Caruso says. "But... what did Steve Jobs take? He had this idea, wouldn't it be great to have a thousand songs in your pocket... one of the most massively important tools for productivity and communication in life.”

Environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg says we waste money in the fight against climate change. Governments spends trillions to fight climate change, but Lomborg says many of these policies are “not an efficient way of spending.” For saying this, Lomborg has been called "the devil." The Danish government even targeted him for his views on climate change. "I'm not trying to do something that's immoral or anything," he tells me. "I'm simply trying to make sure that we get it right." Lomborg says there are better things society should spend money on. He says we should spend on the “best things first,” things like maternal and newborn health and improving education, rather than squandering billions on pointless gestures toward stopping climate changes. You can watch the full interview above to learn more.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says, “The world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change!” Really? 3 scientists address some climate myths:

Did you know? The government purchases data about YOU. "They're creating records about all of us,” worries Naomi Brockwell. I provoke her by saying, “so what?“

Holiday season is here. To help your friends or family learn about liberty, why not give them a book? Here are some ideas.

Capitalism makes us…GENEROUS? Yes says Johan Norberg. We discuss that and other benefits of capitalism.

This Thanksgiving, say thank you to "private property” The pilgrims tried collective farming, and almost starved. Here’s what saved them

Ketan Vakil started a company to sell Low-FODMAP foods. He wants to tell the truth on his labels. His customers want that information so they can follow the diet prescribed by their doctors. But the government said NO! Why? Our first Stossel TV Fellow, Trevor Kraus of Learn Liberty, examines why the government bans accurate information on food labels.

When someone commits a crime, they should be punished. But after? Let them work! Yet thousands of state laws make that hard by BANNING ex-cons from many professions... even beauty care:

Has the public learned anything from government’s handling of Covid? I fear they haven't, but Senator Rand Paul says: "I think people have learned ... what to trust, and what not to trust, and to be skeptical." We discuss Covid Deception in our full interview:

Everywhere people trash capitalism. But that’s mostly because they don’t understand it. In this video (and the next), I’ll set the record straight, and debunk 7 myths about capitalism. In this part of the series, Economist Dan Mitchell helps me bust ridiculous ideas about rich entrepreneurs, income inequality, and monopolies.

Campus censorship was so bad for libertarian Rikki Schlott that she left her college. “I was afraid to have Thomas Sowell books on my bookshelf,” she says. But now she calls cancel culture, “tyranny of the minority.” She says it’s time for the silent majority to fight back.

I love Wikipedia! I even donated to it. But I won't donate again, now that I've learned how BIASED Wikipedia has become.

The government tells us millions of Americans suffer from food insecurity! Really? 33 million Americans are hungry? Rachel Sheffield of The Heritage Foundation tells me it's not true. “Food insecurity is not the same thing as hunger.” Here, she reveals the truth about America's "food insecurity.”

Poisoned Halloween candy? That doesn’t happen! But parents fear it anyway. Here are other irrational fears:

Senator Rand Paul was once labeled a “conspiracy theorist” for saying a lab leak probably caused Covid. Now the FBI and Energy Department say it's likely. Here he explains how Anthony Fauci and other officials tried to COVER UP the origin to protect their reputations and funding:

The rich get rich at the expense of the poor? No! Carol Roth points out, "as we've increased the number of billionaires around the world, extreme poverty has actually shrunk". Life is not zero-sum. When some people do well... that usually helps everyone:

“I don’t want to be anything like California!” says one frustrated truck driver. But too bad, because he lives in Pennsylvania, which decided to AUTOMATICALLY copy California rules. Now trucks in Pennsylvania will cost $50,000+ more!

Exciting things are happening in education. In some places, charter schools bucked the unions, and got results. Hurricane Katrina made that experiment possible by destroying much of New Orleans. Now most New Orleans students attend charters, and they’re learning more. A Classic Stossel from 2011.

An innocent store owner's shop was DESTROYED by police, chasing a bad guy. The store owner thought he’d be reimbursed. But city officials ignore him. "They just gave me numbers to call. And when you call, they referred me to somebody else. It's unbearable!"

California politicians said their law would help freelance workers get benefits. Instead it’s killing jobs! Freelance musician Ari Hertsand says it’s “preventing us from doing what we want to do.” #AB5