Jeffrey Tucker

Austin

Daily Contributor at The Epoch Times

Prez @brownstoneinst. Author/publisher https://t.co/Q0SHhihQdJ Daily @epochtimes https://t.co/bo8cI11ujC Speaking: https://t.co/DBVyuxZfPq

Featured in: Favicon

theepochtimes.com Favicon

forbes.com Favicon

newsweek.com Favicon

thedailybeast.com Favicon

seekingalpha.com Favicon

dailycaller.com Favicon

substack.com (+4) Favicon

lifesitenews.com Favicon

bitcoinmagazine.com Favicon

beforeitsnews.com + 73 more

Articles

Lavrov Elaborated On Russia’s Envisaged Denazification Of Ukraine, by Andrew Korybko

1 week ago | straightlinelogic.com | Lucas Leiroz |Mike Whitney |Jeffrey Tucker

The Russians may settle for not having the Ukraine government “denazified,” but they insist Ukraine has not respected the human rights of Russian-aligned people in the disputed territories and must do so. From Andrew Korybko at korybko.substack.com:The insight that he shared is extremely relevant in the context of the ongoing Russian-US talks.
The Trouble with Compulsory Globalism

1 week ago | brownstone.org | Jeffrey Tucker

For years, I’ve resisted deploying the word globalism with approbation because international cooperation is a good thing. Travel is glorious and so is the freedom to trade and migrate. How did the practice of freedom as it extends over national juridical lines come to be so widely loathed and disparaged? There is a complicated story here that speaks to entanglements between states, industry, finance, multinational government structures, and the control of a people over regimes.
Water Pressure Liberation Day

1 week ago | theepochtimes.com | Jeffrey Tucker

CommentaryIt was nearly 20 years ago when I figured out the scam. Government regulations were ruining water pressure in our homes, taking away a key feature of civilized society. It was crazy. We know that the pride and joy of old Rome were its aqueducts, which brought fresh running water to cities by force of gravity. They were the major reason for hygiene and sanitation and a sign of civilizational advance.
How Richard Nixon Wrecked Free Trade

2 weeks ago | brownstone.org | Jeffrey Tucker

The year was 1971 and the claims against dollar-based debt were pouring in from every country. The rumor was that the US did not really have the gold to pay. Foreign holders of US assets decided to test the promise, just in case. Sure enough, Nixon panicked and shut the gold window, in effect defaulting on the terms of the deal, as did his predecessor FDR back in 1933. Nixon too was panicking over the draining of gold from the US Treasury. His intention was to protect the US dollar.
Can We Dump ‘Daring’ Art Now?

2 weeks ago | theepochtimes.com | Jeffrey Tucker

CommentaryThis weekend I sat for three days in a lovely conference room of an excellent hotel in Atlanta, at an event of the Independent Medical Alliance, IMA, at which I spoke. It was the Grand Hyatt Buckhead, a lovely hotel with a tremendous staff, scrupulous service, good food, and pretty decor overall. And yet, something kept bugging me, just a bit at first but nearly driving me mad by the end. It was the chandeliers in the main ballroom. They were gold and crystal.
Why Is Everyone Wearing Headphones?

2 weeks ago | theepochtimes.com | Jeffrey Tucker

CommentarySure, I had headphones as a kid, large and puffy, designed to allow me to listen to music in my room without blasting it all over the house. They were fine but I rarely used them because they truly shut out the rest of the world. If Mom knocked on the door, I would not hear it. If the phone rang—they were on the wall in those days—I would be oblivious. So I gave it up and stopped wearing them. The cords broke easily. The fashion went away.
Is There a Trade Problem to Solve?

2 weeks ago | theepochtimes.com | Jeffrey Tucker

CommentaryDonald Trump’s dramatic tariff imposition reverses more than a century of U.S. policy, all in an effort to fix a problem about which he has been raging since the 1980s. What appears to most everyone as a wild gamble feels to him like a certain prescription to fix what fundamentally ails the United States, namely its inability to compete in manufacturing with most all countries in the world.
It’s Extremely Hard to Cut Government

3 weeks ago | theepochtimes.com | Jeffrey Tucker

CommentaryA remarkable event happened this week, something I’ve dreamed about most of my professional life but has only now taken place. A panoply of government agencies actually experienced dramatic cuts in personnel. The Department of Health and Human Services has cut at least 10,000 and maybe as many as 20,000 jobs—the precise number is unclear—all in one fell swoop. The employees lined up to go to work only to find their keycards did not work. They were locked out of email and other portals.
Fifty Achievements In Fifty Days

3 weeks ago | capitalismmagazine.com | Jeffrey Tucker

Many friends of mine are frustrated at what they consider slow progress from the Trump administration. Whatever the pet issue, they want results now, and are otherwise ready to declare failure or betrayal. This is a reflection of the high hopes of the incoming administration. There was never a way to keep up. That’s why we should take a few moments to consider the achievements of this administration, which have gone some distance in restoring popular government over whatever we had before.
In Defense of the Spoils System

3 weeks ago | theepochtimes.com | Jeffrey Tucker

Commentary“To the victor go the spoils,” said William L. Marcy, a U.S. Senator from New York, in 1832. He was defending the practice of the hiring of campaign cronies in the event of a successful election win. That practice was then dubbed the “spoils system,” as if someone had put it in place to work that way. The denunciations against that slogan commenced and lasted for half a century. Then came “civil service reform” in 1883.