Give Me a Break, John Stossel
Give Me a Break, John Stossel
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Give Me a Break

Author: John Stossel

Narrator: John Stossel

Abridged: 5 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 09/30/2005


Synopsis

Ballooning government? Millionaire welfare queens? Tort lawyers run amok? A $330,000 outhouse, paid for with your tax dollars? John Stossel says, ""Give me a break.""When he hit the airwaves thirty years ago, Stossel chased snake-oil peddlers, rip-off artists, and corporate thieves, winning the applause of his peers. But along the way, he noticed that there was something far more troublesome going on: While the networks screamed about the dangers of coffee pots, worse risks were ignored. In Give Me a Break, Stossel explains how ambitious bureaucrats, intellectually lazy reporters, and greedy lawyers make your life worse even as they claim to protect your interests. Taking on such sacred cows as the FDA, the War on Drugs, and scare-mongering environmental activists -- and backing up his trademark irreverence with careful reasoning and research -- he shows how the problems that government tries and fails to fix can be solved better by the extraordinary power of the free market.He traces his journey from cub reporter to 20/20 co-anchor, revealing his battles to get his ideas to the public, his struggle to overcome stuttering, and his eventual realization that, for years, much of his reporting missed the point.Stossel concludes the book with a modest proposal for change. It's a simple plan in the spirit of the Founding Fathers to ensure that America remains a place ""where free minds -- and free markets -- make good things happen.""

About John Stossel

John Stossel is co-anchor of ABC's 20/20. He also hosts ABC's John Stossel Specials reports for ABC radio, and ABCNews.com. A graduate of Princeton University, Stossel lives in New York City with his wife and two children. He devotes his time to beach volleyball, youth soccer, and his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on March 11, 2011

This is another situation where a "thinking" person starts out buying the standard line...the standard way of thinking and sets out to participate in it. Mr. Stossel was a consumer reporter for some time. he recounts here his intro into journalism, broadcast journalism, move to ABC and move to 20/20......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on December 23, 2018

Very well written and an eye opener. Stats to support his claims as he uses his ability as a report to showcase the widen spread abuses of our governmwnt system.......more

Goodreads review by Eric Parsons on August 28, 2018

John Stossel and I certainly do not agree on everything, but I wouldn't have known that had he not directly shared a couple things we differ on. That's okay; reasonable minds can disagree reasonably (or maybe not, given today's climate and what he went through by speaking some observations). What he......more

Goodreads review by Shauna on July 17, 2009

I think I liked this book because 1)I could relate to his observations about the news business, and 2) I'm more of a libertarian in my beliefs than conservative. He had great things to say about the free markets, our litigious society, the war on drugs, etc. I found his changing beliefs amusing, sin......more

Goodreads review by Wakefield on December 12, 2011

"Gimme a BREAK, baby doll!" I don't usually have time for tapping out reviews of the kinds of books I enjoy, but this one had to be mentioned with something a little more substantive than a hearty "like" or thumbs-up. So, behold, my review of John Stossel's "Give Me a Break": This is a thoroughly enjo......more