Jeffrey Tucker

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Jeffrey Tucker
Jeffrey Tucker by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Tucker in July 2017
Born (1963-12-19) December 19, 1963 (age 57)
Fresno, California
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAuthor, CEO, publisher
Websitejeffreytucker.me

Jeffrey Albert Tucker (/ˈtʌkər/; born December 19, 1963) is an American economics writer of the Austrian School, an advocate of anarcho-capitalism and Bitcoin, a publisher of libertarian books, a conference speaker, and an internet entrepreneur.

As of 2021, he is Chief Liberty Officer (CLO) of Liberty.me.[1] Tucker is also an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy,[2] a research affiliate of RMIT University's Blockchain Innovation Hub,[3] and an Acton Institute associate.[4]

Early life and education[]

A son of the Texas historian Albert Briggs Tucker and Roberta Janeice (Robertson) Tucker, Jeffrey Albert Tucker was born in Fresno, California in 1963.

He studied economics as an undergraduate at Texas Tech University and Howard Payne University,[5] where he first encountered the literature of the Austrian School. He later enrolled as a graduate student in economics at George Mason University.

Career[]

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Writer and editor[]

While studying at George Mason, Tucker attended a journalism program in Washington, D.C., where he became a volunteer at the Washington office of the Ludwig von Mises Institute.[6]

In the late 1980s, he worked for Ron Paul[6] as an assistant to editor Lew Rockwell. During Paul's 2008 Presidential campaign, newsletters written on behalf of Paul became controversial because some contained racially charged comments.[7][8] Tucker was alleged to have helped Rockwell write the newsletters by Timothy Virkkala, former managing editor of Liberty[8] and "numerous veterans" of the libertarian movement according to the Economist.[7]

From 1997 to 2011 Tucker worked for the Mises Institute, of which Rockwell was a co-founder, as editorial vice president and editor for the institute's website, Mises.org. From 1999 to 2011 he also contributed scholarly efforts and humorous essays to LewRockwell.com.[6]

In late 2011 he was hired by Addison Wiggin as publisher and executive editor of Laissez Faire Books,[9][10] and worked in that capacity until 2016. As of 2017, he remains a contributor to LFB.

Tucker was appointed a Distinguished Fellow of the Foundation for Economic Education in 2013,[11] speaking at FEE's seminars and writing for its publication The Freeman. From 2015 to 2017, he was FEE's Director of Content.[12][13]

Tucker became Editorial Director of the American Institute for Economic Research in late 2017.[14] As of 2021, he is now listed as an "independent editorial consultant."[15]

Bitcoin advocacy[]

In 2013, Tucker began writing about the information-based cryptocurrency Bitcoin.[16] He has been interviewed on the subject by Reason,[17] Forbes,[18] and Fox Business Channel.[19] Tucker's 2015 book Bit by Bit is devoted to Bitcoin and other products of the "information economy". In 2018 he became a research affiliate of the Blockchain Innovation Hub, a study center at RMIT University.[2]

In 2018, Jeffrey Tucker endorsed Liberland, which is a micronation located between Croatia and Serbia and accepts the cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ethereum.[20]

Speaker[]

Tucker has appeared as a speaker at numerous conferences on Austrian school economics, and libertarianism,[21] including FreedomFest conferences,[22] events of the Free State Project, and the 2016 and 2018 Libertarian Party national convention.

Social media[]

In 2013, Tucker founded and became the CEO (under the title "Chief Liberty Officer") of Liberty.me, a "social network and online publishing platform for the liberty minded", which launched a successful Indiegogo fundraising campaign in 2013 and began operation in 2014.[1]

Views[]

Tucker has referred to war as an "alluring illusion" and has been critical of American interventionist foreign policy.[23]

In an interview for California Sunday, Tucker described his "vision of freedom" by recalling a view over São Paulo by night: "As far as my eyes could see, there were lights and buildings and civilization burgeoning — an awesome amount of human knowledge, energy, innovation, creative capacity right in front of me. I began to turn, and it was true over here, and over there, and in every single direction, and I thought, That’s it! This world will never be governed. It cannot be governed. It was beautiful."[22]

During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Tucker has blogged in opposition to social distancing measures and face masks, framing them as subservience to "arbitrary and ignorant authority".[24]

Personal life[]

Formerly a Southern Baptist, Tucker is a convert[25] to traditionalist Catholicism[26] and was managing editor of the Church Music Association of America journal Sacred Music from 2006 to 2014.[27][28] From 2013 to 2015, he edited CMAA's website New Liturgical Movement.

Published works[]

Books in English[]

  • Liberty or Lockdown (2020): Discusses the choice between liberty and COVID-19 lockdowns
  • Right-Wing Collectivism: The Other Threat to Liberty (2017): Addresses that the threat of collectivism comes from the right as well as the far left
  • Henry Hazlitt: Giant For Liberty (with Llewellyn H. Rockwell and Murray N. Rothbard, 1994, Ludwig von Mises Institute, ISBN 978-0-945466-16-1): an annotated bibliography of the works of Henry Hazlitt. A Foundation for Economic Education review described the book, which "includes citations of a novel, works on literary criticism, treatises on economics and moral philosophy, several edited volumes, some 16 other books and many chapters in books, plus articles, commentaries, and reviews," as "an apt eulogy of Henry Hazlitt."[29]
  • Sing Like a Catholic (2009, Church Music Association of America, ISBN 978-1-60743-722-2): essays on church music
  • Bourbon for Breakfast: Living Outside the Statist Quo (2010, Ludwig von Mises Institute, ISBN 978-1-933550-89-3)
  • It's a Jetsons World: Private Miracles and Public Crimes (2011, Ludwig von Mises Institute, ISBN 978-1-61016-194-7)
  • Hack Your Shower Head: and 10 Other Ways to Get Big Government out of Your Home (2012, Laissez Faire Books, ISBN 978-1-62129-063-6)
  • A Beautiful Anarchy: How to Create Your Own Civilization in the Digital Age (2012, Laissez Faire Books, ISBN 978-1-62129-041-4): on the effects of small business regulation
  • Liberty.me: Freedom Is a Do-It-Yourself Project (2014, Liberty.me, ISBN 978-1-63069-032-8)
  • Bit by Bit: How P2P is Freeing the World (2015, e-book)
  • Advice for Young, Unemployed Workers (2015, pamphlet, Foundation for Economic Education, ISBN 978-1-57246-039-3)

In translation[]

Four of Tucker's books have been published in Spanish translations, including the following:[30]

  • Milagros del sector privado y crímenes del sector público (2014, ISBN 978-84-7209-638-7)
  • Una bella anarquía (2014, ISBN 978-1-909870-15-4)

In periodicals[]

He has written for, among others, Journal of Libertarian Studies, The Wall Street Journal, The Journal of Commerce, National Review, The Freeman, Catholic World Report, Crisis, Sacred Music, Newsweek, and Chronicles.

See also[]

  • 2006 AEGold Proof Obv.png Libertarianism portal
  • Misinformation about COVID-19

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Gillespie, Nick; Swain, Joshua (August 22, 2014). "Jeffrey Tucker on Liberty.me and How the Internet Undermines the Nation-State". Reason TV. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Bio: Mr. Jeffrey Tucker." Mackinac Center for Public Policy. 2008
  3. ^ "Jeffrey Tucker". RMIT University. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "Acton University Faculty." Acton Institute. Acton.org
  5. ^ "Academic awards given". The Howard Payne University Yellow Jacket. Brownwood, TX. April 26, 1985. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c Anthony Wile (August 12, 2012). "Jeffrey Tucker on Laissez Faire Books, Intellectual Property Rights and 'Beautiful Anarchy' (interview)". The Daily Bell (website). Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b The Economist (January 11, 2008). "Democracy in America (blog): The Rockwell Files". The Economist.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Julian Sanchez & David Weigel (January 16, 2008). "Who Wrote Ron Paul's Newsletters?". Reason.com. Retrieved May 14, 2014.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  9. ^ Addison Wiggin press release at Agora Financial website, owner of Laissez-Faire books, November 22, 2011.
  10. ^ "An Introduction to the NEW Laissez Faire Books (video: see information in the description)". Agora Financial. November 8, 2011.
  11. ^ "The Man in the Bow Tie". The Freeman. Foundation for Economic Education. May 2, 2013.
  12. ^ "Jeffrey A. Tucker". Foundation for Economic Education. August 7, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  13. ^ Chris Campbell (April 5, 2016). "What Do You Mean, Liberal?". Laissez Faire Books. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  14. ^ "Jeffrey Tucker, AIER Editorial Director". American Institute for Economic Research. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  15. ^ "Jeffrey A. Tucker". AIER. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  16. ^ "Bitcoin for Beginners". April 1, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  17. ^ Matt Welch & Anthony L. Fisher (August 17, 2013). "How Bitcoin is Reinventing The Monetary System: Q&A with Laissez Faire Books' Jeffrey Tucker". Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  18. ^ Perianne Boring (February 22, 2014). "Bitcoin Basics For The '76 Percenters' Who Don't Have A Clue What It Is". Forbes. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  19. ^ "Nasdaq embracing Bitcoin technology". May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  20. ^ "Welcome to Liberland, the nation that bitcoin built". Stuff. February 20, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  21. ^ David Weigel (February 17, 2015). "Bow Ties and Slam Poetry: This Is Libertarianism in 2015". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  22. ^ Jump up to: a b Chris Colin (January 31, 2019). "Freedom is..." California Sunday (magazine).
  23. ^ "Why is War Such an Alluring Illusion? | Jeffrey A. Tucker". April 6, 2017.
  24. ^ Kristian, Bonnie (May 6, 2020). "Why even mask skeptics should want to wear them". theweek.com. Retrieved August 23, 2020. The plaints against masking are several. Perhaps the most common (and distinctly American) is the idea that wearing a mask signals sheepish subservience to an overreaching state. "Adding to my post-lockdown predictions," libertarian author Jeffrey Tucker tweeted Saturday, "the face mask will be rightly regarded as a symbol of obsequious obedience and grotesque compliance with arbitrary and ignorant authority."
  25. ^ Tucker, Jeffrey. "I Hate Converts (And I Am One)." Beliefnet.com.
  26. ^ Tucker, Jeffrey A. "Why I Left Protestantism for Catholicism." Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics. July 18, 1996.
  27. ^ "Profile: Jeffrey Tucker." Catholic Answers Archived January 18, 2013, at archive.today
  28. ^ Beattie, Trent. "Singing the Mass." National Catholic Register. December 30, 2010.
  29. ^ Peterson, William (November 1995). "Book Review: Henry Hazlitt: A Giant of Liberty by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., Jeffrey A. Tucker, and Murray N. Rothbard" (PDF). The Freeman. Foundation for Economic Education.
  30. ^ "About Jeffrey Tucker - Beautiful Anarchy". Beautiful Anarchy. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

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