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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Where Did AOC Get Her Garbage Disposal?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is from New York, where garbage disposals are not very common in apartments because they were only legalized in the 1990s, as incredible as that seems. But now she lives in D.C., and she has discovered that there is one in her apartment.
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No, Mr. President, Tariffs Do Not Cause Prosperity
The prospect that the US president would conclude that tariffs cause growth has always been the downside of good economic numbers. Good performance of the macroeconomy only encourages his worst instincts to impose more harmful trade policies.
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Centralized to Decentralized Music in 100 Years
Imagine the challenge of a single company to come up with the full range of music available for the tastes of every composer, from a recording studio in the same plant where the player itself is manufactured.
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My Phone Is Amazing; Please Don’t Call
Why the voice call is like barter and the text is like modern money.
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My Grandfather’s Disability Led to a Great Career
As a child, I couldn’t figure it out. Why is my grandfather a hero to this vast community of Asian immigrants?
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The Bow Tie Built Wall Street
The bow tie helped build the early years of Wall Street. Maybe it can assist in re-building the ethos of prosperity and success in the 21st century.
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Capitalism Is Also About Sharing
There is no limit to the examples of the distinction between what must be economized and what need not be. We need to develop the capacity to know the difference.
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How Police Often Make Roads Unsafe
The core issue is twofold: public ownership of the roads and no stockholders/owners in charge of security services who are answerable to consumers. The result is exactly what you get from socialism: random chaos, coercion, and lack of accountability.
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The Decisive Voice
Yours may well be the decisive voice — the final increment of weight that shifts the balance and brings our ship of state, indeed our civilization, to survival course.
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Bourbon Exports: Casualty of the Trade War
The carnage of the trade war is everywhere but doesn’t always make the headlines. Consider for example the export markets for American liquor.
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Where Did AOC Get Her Garbage Disposal?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is from New York, where garbage disposals are not very common in apartments because they were only legalized in the 1990s, as incredible as that seems. But now she lives in D.C., and she has discovered that there is one in her apartment.
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No, Mr. President, Tariffs Do Not Cause Prosperity
The prospect that the US president would conclude that tariffs cause growth has always been the downside of good economic numbers. Good performance of the macroeconomy only encourages his worst instincts to impose more harmful trade policies.
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Centralized to Decentralized Music in 100 Years
Imagine the challenge of a single company to come up with the full range of music available for the tastes of every composer, from a recording studio in the same plant where the player itself is manufactured.
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My Phone Is Amazing; Please Don’t Call
Why the voice call is like barter and the text is like modern money.
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My Grandfather’s Disability Led to a Great Career
As a child, I couldn’t figure it out. Why is my grandfather a hero to this vast community of Asian immigrants?
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The Bow Tie Built Wall Street
The bow tie helped build the early years of Wall Street. Maybe it can assist in re-building the ethos of prosperity and success in the 21st century.
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•
Capitalism Is Also About Sharing
There is no limit to the examples of the distinction between what must be economized and what need not be. We need to develop the capacity to know the difference.
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•
How Police Often Make Roads Unsafe
The core issue is twofold: public ownership of the roads and no stockholders/owners in charge of security services who are answerable to consumers. The result is exactly what you get from socialism: random chaos, coercion, and lack of accountability.
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•
The Decisive Voice
Yours may well be the decisive voice — the final increment of weight that shifts the balance and brings our ship of state, indeed our civilization, to survival course.
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•
Bourbon Exports: Casualty of the Trade War
The carnage of the trade war is everywhere but doesn’t always make the headlines. Consider for example the export markets for American liquor.