Jeffrey Tucker
AIER Editorial Director – 2017-2021
Jeffrey A. Tucker served as Editorial Director for the American Institute for Economic Research from 2017 to 2021.
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Evidence that Trade Wars Are Dragging the Economy Down
If the US and the world slide into recession, let no one claim that trade policy and the uncertainty it creates was not a dominant reason.
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It’s Lightbulb Liberation Day
We live in times without much good news in politics. Let’s at least take the weekend to celebrate the embrace of progress, acquiescence to the wisdom of markets, the new freedom found for this hugely important symbol of humankind’s triumph over the poverty of nature.
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Let Them Eat Lobsters
No one knows for sure when or how this will end. But in the meantime, trade warriors in the White House can at least adapt the words of Marie-Antoinette: let them eat lobsters.
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Listen to AIER Every Day
Earlier this year, some of us wondered how we could make the voice of the American Institute for Economic Research become part of people’s lives in their homes as well. I’m thrilled to announce that this is a reality right now!
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Protectionism and Political Violence
The movie Peterloo offers all of us a chance to learn from history. It reveals the poison of protectionism and how its hidden violence can lead to results that are far worse than anyone anticipates.
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Luce Brings Light to the Age of Anxiety
The film Luce is beautiful, haunting, and profound precisely because it doesn’t take the easy path. It doesn’t disguise the underlying truth that our endless search for saints to canonize and witches to burn is nothing but a cover for our failure to deal with the much less dramatic troubles in our own lives.
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The Market Is a Vessel for Delivering Love (Video)
I was honored to be interviewed by Matt Kibbe of Free the People for his podcast and video series, based on my new book The Market Loves You: Why You Should Love It Back (AIER, 2019).
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More Force Won’t Fix the American Diet
Despite a massive health crisis, a tremendously sickened population, and being surrounded by the catastrophic results of bad government policy, there is almost no movement at all to free the market, fix the food, and get healthy again.
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The Film Capitalism Needs Right Now
Something tells me that if we are ever going to regain the footing in public culture, the Brooks path might be the one to make it happen.
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A Book and a Message that Can Save the World
The word over time became corrupted, and still is to a great extent, by people who try to enlist their pet cause in the idea. But nothing can take away that great first principle of liberalism: that society can manage itself to bringing dignity to the lives of individuals and communities without overlords scripting and…
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Evidence that Trade Wars Are Dragging the Economy Down
If the US and the world slide into recession, let no one claim that trade policy and the uncertainty it creates was not a dominant reason.
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•
It’s Lightbulb Liberation Day
We live in times without much good news in politics. Let’s at least take the weekend to celebrate the embrace of progress, acquiescence to the wisdom of markets, the new freedom found for this hugely important symbol of humankind’s triumph over the poverty of nature.
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•
Let Them Eat Lobsters
No one knows for sure when or how this will end. But in the meantime, trade warriors in the White House can at least adapt the words of Marie-Antoinette: let them eat lobsters.
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•
Listen to AIER Every Day
Earlier this year, some of us wondered how we could make the voice of the American Institute for Economic Research become part of people’s lives in their homes as well. I’m thrilled to announce that this is a reality right now!
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•
Protectionism and Political Violence
The movie Peterloo offers all of us a chance to learn from history. It reveals the poison of protectionism and how its hidden violence can lead to results that are far worse than anyone anticipates.
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•
Luce Brings Light to the Age of Anxiety
The film Luce is beautiful, haunting, and profound precisely because it doesn’t take the easy path. It doesn’t disguise the underlying truth that our endless search for saints to canonize and witches to burn is nothing but a cover for our failure to deal with the much less dramatic troubles in our own lives.
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•
The Market Is a Vessel for Delivering Love (Video)
I was honored to be interviewed by Matt Kibbe of Free the People for his podcast and video series, based on my new book The Market Loves You: Why You Should Love It Back (AIER, 2019).
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•
More Force Won’t Fix the American Diet
Despite a massive health crisis, a tremendously sickened population, and being surrounded by the catastrophic results of bad government policy, there is almost no movement at all to free the market, fix the food, and get healthy again.
-
•
The Film Capitalism Needs Right Now
Something tells me that if we are ever going to regain the footing in public culture, the Brooks path might be the one to make it happen.
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•
A Book and a Message that Can Save the World
The word over time became corrupted, and still is to a great extent, by people who try to enlist their pet cause in the idea. But nothing can take away that great first principle of liberalism: that society can manage itself to bringing dignity to the lives of individuals and communities without overlords scripting and…