{"podcast":{"title":"John Stossel on Odysee","slug":"john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553","podcast_index_feed_id":5955553,"rss_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/@johnstossel:7","website_url":"https://odysee.com/@johnstossel:7","image_url":"https://thumbnails.lbry.com/UCjo1uN-aM3rmBV46xj7l2KA","author":"John Stossel","episode_count":50,"summary":"After 40+ years of reporting, I now understand the importance of limited government and personal freedom. ------------------------------------------ Libertarian journalist John Stossel is a zealous advocate of free markets, a syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor. Prior to joining Fox, John co-anchored ABC’s primetime newsmagazine show, 20/20. Stossel’s economic programs have been adapted into teaching kits by a non-profit organization, \"Stossel in the Classroom.\" High school teachers in American public schools now use the videos to help educate their students on economics and economic freedom. They are seen by more than 12 million students every year. Stossel has received 19 Emmy Awards and has been honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club. Other honors include the George Polk Award for Outstanding Local Reporting and the George Foster Peabody Award.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T22:19:59.576984+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553"},"episode":{"title":"Who Sets Prices? How Minimum Wage Broke the Gig Work Economy","slug":"who-sets-prices-how-minimum-wage-broke-the-gig-work-economy","published_at":"2026-06-23T11:30:37+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/who-sets-prices-how-minimum-wage-broke-the-gig-work-economy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553","url":"https://odysee.com/who-sets-prices-how-minimum-wage-broke:4f5f4cf209a204d14c2332f20ee425a2de889547","audio_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/media/who-sets-prices-how-minimum-wage-broke/4f5f4cf209a204d14c2332f20ee425a2de889547/6f4917.mp4","summary":"Activists in Seattle said app-based gig workers were being exploited. So politicians eagerly came to the rescue with a new $26 minimum wage. Did it work? No. _ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly videos from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form _ _ _ _ _ _ The politicians believed companies like Uber and Doordash make so much money they could eat the cost without raising prices. Judge Glock of the Manhattan Institute explains why that’s not true. “Obviously, when you’re increasing cost to businesses, you’re going to increase cost to customers.” That’s exactly what happened. Prices went up, and many people stopped ordering delivery. DoorDash got 1.7 million fewer orders in 2024. Fewer orders meant less work and less pay for drivers. “A lot of politicians want to believe there's a free lunch,” says Glock. "The actual effect was ... to sabotage one of the most successful businesses in the city." Full story on how Seattle and New York City politicians hurt the gig economy in my video above. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brWGiG5fkeA","meta_description":"Activists in Seattle said app-based gig workers were being exploited. So politicians eagerly came to the rescue with a new $26 minimum wage. Did it work?…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":299,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/episodes/who-sets-prices-how-minimum-wage-broke-the-gig-work-economy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/who-sets-prices-how-minimum-wage-broke-the-gig-work-economy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}