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No, They Can't: Why Government Fails-But Individuals Succeed is a 2012 book by American consumer reporter, investigative journalist, author and libertarian columnist John Stossel. It was released on April 10, 2012, and focuses on the failures of government intervention.

Summary
Stossel argues that "he has dismantled society’s sacred cows with unerring common sense. Now he debunks the most sacred of them all: our intuition and belief that government can solve our problems." In No, They Can't, Stossel tells of the inefficiencies that government intervention causes. The term "no, they can't" is a rebuttal to the chant used in Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

The book gives several examples of government intervention: trade barriers, food and medical regulation, the education system, labor unions, gun control, minimum wage laws, the war on drugs, and advocates of universal health care. Stossel heavily criticized economic egalitarianism, stating that an incentive for innovation is a higher income. Many of the statements in the book were later reiterated in episodes of Stossel.

Reception
No, They Can't debuted at number 17 on The New York Times Best Seller list on the April 29, 2012 issue.