John Stossel’s new show on Fox Business Channel began this week. I was browsing my mother’s new set of hundreds of television channels yesterday and happened to stumble upon a rerun of the first episode. He had Cato’s Jerry Taylor on and they were discussing what should be done about climate change. It struck me as an interesting contrast between the precautionary principle and the postcautionary principle when it comes to risk assessment. Taylor is not against mitigating the effects of climate change, he just says it costs too much to do anything before we know the full impacts.
Also, Stossel’s insistence on being the “common man” is quite annoying, especially since he is so openly opinionated. I don’t think I will watch again.
