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Stossel

Season 1 · Episode 27

The Trouble with Lawyers

0.01h 0mJuly 8, 2010

The show covers personal injury lawyers who say they’re protecting the little guy, but keep up to 40% of what they win. Stossel examines what these lawsuits do to the cost of products, which has a built in cost to cover what lawyers take.

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Episode 3Atlas Shrugged
Episode 4Crony Capitalism
Episode 5Energy Independence
Episode 6Food Police
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Episode 8The Road to Serfdom
Episode 9Government Schools
Episode 10Government in my Medicine Cabinet
Episode 11Prohibition
Episode 12Licensing Madness
Episode 13The Mistake on the Lake
Episode 14Congressional Ponzi
Episode 15Junk Science
Episode 16Libertarianism
Episode 17The Tax System
Episode 18Myths, Lies, and Stupidity
Episode 19Free Trade
Episode 20Government Bullies
Episode 21Place Your Bets
Episode 22Free Speech
Episode 23Going Green
Episode 24Free to Choose
Episode 25Drug War Disaster
Episode 26More Guns Less Crime?
Episode 27The Trouble with Lawyers
Episode 28Freedom Under Siege
Episode 29Who should get to be an American?
Episode 30Sex and the Rules
Episode 31Who Should Handle Transportation?
Episode 32The Americans with Disabilities Act
Episode 33Entrepreneurs Under Attack
Episode 34Government Schools 2
Episode 35The Trouble with Lawyers 2
Episode 36The Battle for the Future
Episode 37Should Everyone Vote
Episode 38Bankrupting America
Episode 39The Power to Prosper
Episode 40Election Myths
Episode 41Scare Stories
Episode 42Libertarians and the Election
Episode 43Politically Incorrect
Episode 44Food Fight
Episode 45Public or Private
Episode 46You Owe $200,000 To The Fed
Episode 47Liberty in 2010
Episode 48The Value of Skepticism
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