Jeffrey A. Tucker

Latest by Jeffrey A. Tucker in Chronicles

• Vital Signs

  July 1996

  Who Are the Freemen?

  It is clear why Ralph Clark, the leader of the Freemen, had the notion that he could run a monetary system better than the government has. Mr. Clark is himself a victim of a federal money machine and the business cycle it generated some 15 years ago.

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• Correspondence

  May 1996

  Crime and Moonshine

  The jurors who tried the 14-year-old black boy who shot and killed three widows last year, one of them my own dear neighbor, found him guilty and gave him several life terms. By law, he got the maximum.

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• Vital Signs

  January 1996

  Who Are the Taxers?

  Never say Republicans can't learn. After losing the presidency in 1992 on the tax issue, they now use euphemisms for their tax hikes and hide the increases with new and improved fiscal gimmickry.

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• Correspondence

  November 1995

  The Truly Dangerous Snakes

  Someone must have put a snake on a fence, because it's raining for the first time in weeks. Jerry the Barber knows what causes weather changes, and if you are fortunate enough to count yourself among his clientele, he'll explain it.

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• Cultural Revolutions

  November 1995

  The Mexican Bailout

  The Mexican bailout was a bipartisan scheme, meaning that its details were kept shrouded in secrecy. The White House and the congressional leadership conspired with the banking industry, and Alan Greenspan even telephoned Rush Limbaugh and ordered him to support it.

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• Culture

  August 17, 2020

  What Will Not Recover: Government

  Americans' trust in government was at a historical low even before the questionable lockdown policies began. In a post COVID world, that trust is unlikely to recover.

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• Culture

  July 28, 2020

  The Bloodless Political Class and Its Lack of Empathy

  There is a deep emotional gap between America's political class and the citizenry it rules over. Never before has this been as apparent as during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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• Culture

  June 15, 2020

  The Return of Brutalism

  The government mandated COVID-19 shutdowns revived brutalism and resulted in pent up rage expressed through riots. The only way to fight brutalism is with freedom.

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• History

  May 18, 2020

  The 2006 Origins of the Lockdown Idea

  Computer-simulation models from 14 years ago have informed the COVID-19 lockdown, despite ferocious opposition from epidemiologists when the plan was first proposed.

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