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On this week's interview Paul talks to former Albuquerque Journal opinion editor Jeffery Tucker. They begin by discussing the recently announced plan by the Journal to sell its building and launch into a discussion of the newspaper business. They further discuss the life of an opinion editor, changes to the business over time, and Jeff's numerous jobs in the business over the years. Finally, they discuss current economic topics including Trump's tariffs.
Jeffery Tucker is the founder of the MAGA thinktank Brownstone Institute. In 2020, Brownstone published The Great Barrington Declaration, with lead author Jay Bhattacharya—now the nominee for head of the NIH. Jeffrey's daughter, Julia, joins Matthew to discuss her dad's rise through the punditocracy, through decades of fringe libertarian publishing, working for Ron Paul, boosting anarcho-capitalism and crypto, writing for the Epoch Times, and asking such daring questions as: “What's so wrong about child labour?” Show Notes Patreon: Post-Catholic Music (w/Julia Tucker) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week we have a tremendous interview with Jeffery Tucker, renowned free-market author and president of the Brownstone Institute and man who has racked up many years working with the likes of Ron Paul, the Mises Institute, and Lew Rockwell. Mike Maharrey and Jeffery discuss a range of topics from inflation, the recent presidential election, the fate of the dollar, and what to expect in markets going forward. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan
Never miss an FLCCC webinar: https://covid19criticalcare.com/category/weekly-webinars/Learn more: https://covid19criticalcare.com/broken-systems-and-the-path-forward/ Followers of FLCCC and The Brownstone Institute are all too aware of the deep fractures in our current systems—a truth laid bare during the recent Brownstone event. Host Dr. Chris Martenson sits down with Dr. Ryan Cole and Jeffery Tucker, founder and president of Brownstone. Together, they'll revisit key moments like the collapse of trust in medicine, pervasive censorship, and the rise of global propaganda. They'll also confront the challenges faced by those who held firm to their principles despite the personal cost. Looking ahead, the panel explores solutions like decentralizing power, emphasizing wellness over sick-care, and empowering patients to take control of their health. Join us for what promises to be an engaging discussion that aims to shed light on the path toward a future of accountability and hope.
Well this wasn't on my Bingo Card for 2024!“Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears likely to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, and he could formally announce the decision Friday in Arizona — a state famed for its independent voters. If Kennedy exits the race, he's widely expected to endorse former President Trump, who is also hosting an event in Phoenix on Friday.” ~ AxiosThis has many Trump supporters giddy with excitement and convinced that this collaboration will usher in sweeping victories for 2024. I'm not so sure …Needless to say I have LOTS of opinions about this and other recent developments and I'm sure Jeffrey does too! Today we discuss the rapidly changing cultural, political and economic landscape!__________________________________________Show Resources & Links:Jeffrey Tucker is the Founder, Author, and President at Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Life After Lockdown, and many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture.Follow Jeffrey on Twitter: @JeffreyATuckerSupport The Brownstone Institute: www.brownstone.org Extra special bonus from Field of Greens!!!!Plug in the promo code SHANNON for an additional 15% off your purchase!Go to www.fieldofgreens.com to shop and save! Support the Show.Please Support Our Sponsors! Achieve financial independence with Colonial Metals Group!!! Set up a SAFE & Secure IRA or 401k with a company who shares your values and supports this show! Learn about your options HERE ——>https://colonialmetalsgroup.com/joy
“We've just come across a document hosted by the Department of Homeland Security, posted March 2023, but written in 2007, that amounts to a full-blown corporatist imposition on the US, abolishing anything remotely resembling the Bill of Rights and Constitutional law. It is right there in plain sight for anyone curious enough to dig.” - @jeffreyatuckerThe benign term is ‘Public Private Partnership' and less frightening descriptors like ‘regulatory capture' or ‘corporate capture' may be used but make NO MISTAKE … a new version of 21st Century fascism is HERE and after getting away with COVID - the perpetrators are more powerful than ever!Just days ago we sat down with Holocaust survivor Vera Sharav who had grave concerns about this emerging political juggernaut, warning us that the COVID tyranny was NOT OVER.Today we welcome renowned economist, Jeffrey Tucker to discuss the mechanisms of this emerging tyranny, the impact on regular citizens and what we need to do to stop the cancerous growth of the fascist mindset in America.It's embraced by BOTH political factions and it should terrify us all.Jeffrey Tucker is Founder, Author, and President at Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Life After Lockdown, and many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture.__________________________________________Show Resources & Links:Follow Jeffrey on Twitter: @JeffreyATuckerSupport The Brownstone Institute: www.brownstone.orgShannon Joy interview with Vera Sharavhttps://rumble.com/v560d7h-live-exclusive-w-holocaust-survivor-vera-sherav-never-again-is-now-covid-at.htmlThe Covid Pandemic as Dress Rehearsalhttps://brownstone.org/articles/pandemic-preparedness-arsonists-run-the-fire-department/G3P: Global Public-Private Partnerships and the United Nations:https://www.malone.news/p/g3p-global-public-private-partnershipsThe Pandemic Excuse for a Corporatist Coup:https://brownstone.org/articles/the-pandemic-excuse-for-a-corporatist-coup/___________________________________________Please Support Our Sponsors:*Tickets for The Summit For Truth & Wellness on Saturday August 17th are selling FAST!Join us LIVE in Rochester, NY to see Steve Deace, Dr. Pierre Kory, Dr. Mary Talley Bowden & Jeffrey Tucker!Get your tickets today at www.summitfortruth.com*Ge Extra special bonus from Field of Greens!!!!Plug in the promo code SHANNON for an additional 15% off your purchase!Go to www.fieldofgreens.com to shop and save! Support the Show.Please Support Our Sponsors! Achieve financial independence with Colonial Metals Group!!! Set up a SAFE & Secure IRA or 401k with a company who shares your values and supports this show! Learn about your options HERE ——>https://colonialmetalsgroup.com/joy Get FIT and healthy with your daily serving of Field of Greens!!! Go to www.fieldofgreens.com and use the promo code JOY for 15% off! For TOTAL phone security and privacy check out our sponsors at Connecta Mobil! Visit them TODAY at www.Phone123.com/Joy Or talk to a real person by calling: 941-246-2156
In this episode I explain inflation and the negative effects it has on society. I provide the correct definition of inflation, which is an increase in the supply of money relative to the amount of goods and services in an economy. I explain how the Federal Reserve, which controls the nation's money supply and monetary policy, creates inflation by printing new money. It is this injection of new cash into an economy that creates higher prices, which has been mistakenly referred to as inflation. I read a passage from Ludwig von Mises that he wrote in the early 1960's in which he explains how politicians and other beneficiaries of inflationary monetary policy shifted the traditional definition of inflation to simply mean ‘higher prices' so that they could blame the negative results of their policies (higher prices for consumer goods) on individuals and businesses. I then read though a recent article written by Jeffery Tucker (found on Zerohedge) that explains how increasing the money supply hurts the average person trying to live within their means. If you have struggled to understand how inflation works and the damage it causes, this episode is for you! Media Referenced:The Price of Everything, the Value of Nothing: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/price-everything-value-nothingOn Money and Inflation, Mises: https://mises.org/library/book/ludwig-von-mises-money-and-inflationEp 66 on Inflation and War: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-66-the-high-cost-of-inflation-and-the-war-in-ukraine/ The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com.Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com. You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the shows profile! Thanks!
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Barbie movie is deeper than just gender ideology :: Jeffery Tucker on the Barbie movie :: Openheimer a sociopath :: BLM riots in 2020 :: Cops with cameras :: Cops release K9 on a man with his hands in the air :: World coin :: scanning your eyeball for a mega corporation for $60 :: 2023-07-26 Bonnie and Ian
Targeted boycotts are quickly expanding into a massive consumption STRIKE as Americans find power in their pocketbooks. This is expanding to voter sentiment as both parties rally around outsider candidates. Economist Jeffrey Tucker looks at the tectonic shifts in consumer/voter sentiment as EVERYTHING is changing.This episode bought to you by The Wellness Company!Try Spike Support to block & dissolve spike proteins! Use JOY for 10% off!www.getwellwithShannonJoy.com ChristiTutionalist Politics podcast (Freedom OF Religion, not From Religion)CTP: Weekly (weekends) News/Opinion-cast from #1 Bestseller Author Joseph M LenardListen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the showKeep The Shannon Joy Show ON THE Air By Supporting The Sponsors! Buy Physical gold and Silver with Augusta at a GREAT price!!!
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GUEST OVERVIEW: Jeffery Tucker is the founder and CEO of 'The Brownstone Institute'. Topics to discuss how the plandemic has changed the way he sees the world. GUEST WEBSITE: https://brownstone.org
Today's guest is my friend Jeffery Tucker, 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. He is currently the Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and ten books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of Mises. He speaks widely on economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is a nonprofit organization conceptualized in May 2021. Its vision is of a society that places the highest value on the voluntary interaction of individuals and groups while minimizing the use of violence and force, even including that exercised by public authority. This vision is that of the Enlightenment that formal learning, science, progress, and universal rights to the forefront of public life. It is newly threatened by ideologies and systems that would take the world back before the triumph of the ideal of freedom. We discuss a wide range of topics from Bitcoin, the sociological fallout of COVID, the mental health crisis in America, the rise of Medical Fascism, and much more. We begin our conversation by discussing the economic repercussions of government intervention. Jeffery discusses how the current inflation and economic recession we are experiencing are primarily due to the government policies enacted during the COVID crisis. We discuss how inflation is impacting the various socioeconomic levels of society. We also discuss how these policies have further created societal divisions and strife. We transition our conversation to Bitcoin. We discuss how Bitcoin is the light in an ever-darkening world. We touch on how Satoshi prophesied many of the events that have transpired over the last couple of years. We also discuss what attracted us to Bitcoin. We pivot our conversation to discuss the growing societal fallouts of the COVID pandemic. We focus on the erosion of our liberties and freedoms. We begin by addressing how government policies have continued to become more totalitarian in their implementation by discussing lockdowns, the various mandates, and restrictions. Jeffery illustrates how far we've fallen from our perceived reality and norms over the last couple of years. We also discuss the growing trend of medical fascism and how technology companies have assisted them in this endeavor. We pivot our conversation to discuss the mental health crisis plaguing young Americans and how we can better address the inequities in the system leading young Americans down the path of depression and despair. Our last conversation topic centered around the societal constructs of truth and morality. We discuss how the various ways societies throughout history have established societal constructs around truth and reality and how they enforce those norms. Please enjoy my conversation with Jeffery Tucker. -- This podcast is powered by Blockworks. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co
We discuss the economy, China, and more. Our Guests are: Steve Cortes, Jeffery Tucker, Frank Gaffney, Joe Allen Stay ahead of the censors - Join us warroom.org/join Aired On: 5/2/2022 Watch: On the Web: http://www.warroom.org On Podcast: http://warroom.ctcin.bio On TV: PlutoTV Channel 240, Dish Channel 219, Roku, Apple TV, FireTV or on https://AmericasVoice.news. #news #politics #realnews
We discuss the economy, China, and more. Our Guests are: Steve Cortes, Jeffery Tucker, Frank Gaffney, Joe Allen Stay ahead of the censors - Join us warroom.org/join Aired On: 5/2/2022 Watch: On the Web: http://www.warroom.org On Podcast: http://warroom.ctcin.bio On TV: PlutoTV Channel 240, Dish Channel 219, Roku, Apple TV, FireTV or on https://AmericasVoice.news. #news #politics #realnews
Now that the Taliban has taken over the Afghan state, several international entities have frozen the nation's funds overseas. Jeffery Tucker of the Brownstone Institute lends his insight into the volatile economic situation in the Central Asian country. Bitcoin is on the verge of full tender implementation in the Central American nation of El Salvador, but the move has been met with some scrutiny. Boom Bust's Ben Swann and Christy Ai analyze the timeline for the measure. And payment firm PayPal is considering getting into the retail trading game as the sector continues to grow. Michele Schneider of MarketGauge.com discusses the impact that its potential entry could have on the industry.
Todd opens the show speaking on the fear mongering on the left regarding children, masks, and the vaccine as the end of August rapidly approaches putting more pressure on parents and teachers. Then, in the second half of the hour, Todd is joined by Jeffery Tucker to speak on “The Brownstone Institute” to implement American values back into our political world and society. Tune in weekdays 2-6 PM EST on WTIC Newstalk 1080 ;or on the new Audacy app! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the second hour of the program, Todd is joined by Jeffery Tucker to speak on plenty of topics, from COVID, to Cuba, and touching on how all this manipulation of power is affecting our society. Then, in the second half of this hour, Todd is joined by Dr. Tony Dale to speak on the cost sharing communities like Sedera that are now becoming more prevalent as an alternative to traditional medical options. Tune in weekdays 2-6 PM EST on WTIC Newstalk 1080 ;or on the new Audacy app! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
At the end of his conversation with Todd last week recapping the COVID shutdowns, economist Jeffrey Tucker sounded an alarm of optimism. Where was Tucker, who writes for Real Clear Markets, finding this ray of hope amidst all the damage done by government overreaction and the politics of the science expressed by the Public Health Power Elite? We brought him back this week to learn more. But Jeffrey again teases our next conversation by noting that he will prep for it by rereading Adam Smith's "Theory of Moral Sentiments," because it speaks so powerfully to the moment we find ourselves in. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Todd starts the show playing rants from yesterday after an impactful call distracted the conversation regarding police protocol in the Hartford area. Todd played the missed rants yesterday, and reacts to the sentiments of his callers. Then, in the second half of the hour Todd breaks down an interview he had with Jeffery Tucker, and plays the most insightful clips he found from the conversation. Tune in weekdays 2-6 PM EST on WTIC Newstalk 1080 ;or on the new Audacy app! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Todd is first joined by Mark Fitch of the Yankee Institute speaking on the CT Marijuana bill and the state of the market as legalization starts to be implemented. He also expands on the union ties for this bill, extending the government control on the substance. In the second half of the hour Todd is joined by friend of the show Jeffery Tucker to speak on the mishandlings during the COVID pandemic, specifically the nursing home issues that CT specifically struggled with. Tune in weekdays 2-6 PM EST on WTIC Newstalk 1080 ;or on the new Audacy app! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We speak with economist Jeffrey Tucker about COVID mistakes and mishandlings. Jeffrey writes now for Real Clear Markets (formerly of AIER.org), and is the author of the book Liberty or Lockdown about the COVID response. He ends the discussion on a high note - he sees us on the precipice of great, positive, change in the wake of COVID. Thanks for listening to What Divides Us! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mark speaks with Jeffrey A. Tucker, Editorial Director for the American Institute for Economic Research. Tucker writes in Real Clear Markets about what he learned during the 2020 fight over lockdowns. Then Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler who is in town & just wrapped up a tour of Boeing. Plus the Audio Cut of the Day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What we did in 2020 violates every canon of sound economics. Money creation, over the course of 2020, looks just like a hockey stick. It’s terrifying. We got a kind of borrow and print regime going on, and it’s extremely dangerous to capital formation in the future. This perspective from our guest this week, Mr.…
What we did in 2020 violates every canon of sound economics. Money creation, over the course of 2020, looks just like a hockey stick. It’s terrifying. We got a kind of borrow and print regime going on, and it’s extremely dangerous to capital formation in the future. This perspective from our guest this week, Mr.…
Jeffery Tucker, Editorial Director for the American Institute for Economic Research, argues in his recent Op-Ed, that one thing which will not return after the pandemic is public trust in the government. Jeffery joins Lee to discuss why. We also hear live calls from listeners on the topic. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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How would Joe Rogan and Jon Stewart would 'fix' America better? Cognitive dissonance is thick in the episode of Radical! Jeffery Tucker's Marshall Plan Piece: https://mises.org/library/marshall-plan-myth
What has happened to small town newspapers and do we need them in the digital age? Jeff Minnick has an interesting take. Jeffery Tucker asks: Do we need the government to save us from Coronavirus? Weekly guest Eric Peters joins us to discuss red flag laws in Virginia and the fun "Clovers" have killed. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support
Here's a weird one. A man serving a life sentence is medically resuscitated against his wishes and now maintains his sentence has been served and he should be set free. Jeffery Tucker from AIER has an excellent article on drunk driving and the fake science behind DUI enforcement. State power and pseudoscience are a dangerous combination. Anybody remember that little fiasco known as "Climategate"? It's been 10 years since this scandal broke. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support
Are laws and legislation really the same thing? Kent McManigal has a definitive way to answer this question. Buying candy for Halloween? Check out this article on how some states tax candy and other foodstuffs. After the Lone Peak High School debacle last week, it's time to question the official overreaction and where it's leading us. Jeffery Tucker's take on how salesmen improve our world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support
Eric Peters from epautos.com discusses cars, freedom and how people become anathematized and free speech goes away. Jeffery Tucker's essay on the wonder of the incandescent light bulb. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support
Dave and Grahm are back with news and price narratives around 2019’s top performing financial asset. The news includes mainstream media's Bitcoin FOMO, the real story of Laszlo Hanyecz — the guy behind Bitcoin’s pizza day, Dutch authorities taking down Bestmixer, Tether being partially backed by Bitcoin, and what libertarian politician Ron Paul thinks about the US Dollar. This episode they talk to Jeffery Tucker, Editorial Director of the American Institute of Economic Research about how the U.S./China trade conflict might be affecting the Bitcoin price. Resources: The Man Behind Bitcoin Pizza Day Is More Than A Meme: He’s A Mining Pioneer ‘The Dollar Is Going to Self Destruct’: Talking Bitcoin With Ron Paul Dutch Authorities Shutdown Bestmixer Tether Partly Backed By Bitcoin, Court Transcription Reveals Interview: No, Mr. President, Tarifs Do Not Cause Prosperity The Tarif Bill Comes Due Twitter: Bitcoin Magazine The LTB Network
Since its inception I've been talking on the show about the messaging problem, we have as libertarians. I "attack" what I call purists for they're constant and unrelenting divisive speech and uncompromising attitude toward their version of the truth.If we want to truly change the world we live it will take subtle changes and challenges to prevailing belief. It will require we paint a message of hope based on the most appealing aspects of libertarianism. Peace, Tolerance, Individual Liberty, Limited Government and Free Markets.This week Jeffery Tucker wrote a piece at FEE.org outlining the two baths of libertarian thought. The humanitarian and the brutalist. It was one of the best-written pieces I think he's ever written, and I spend some time early on in the show discussing his article and what we can learn from it.Then it's off for a discussion of democratic socialism using the recent insurance Co-op failures selling Obamacare-compliant plans. You can't make this stuff up. All that and more today. Don't miss a minute.Support the show.
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LISTEN People are evil, violent, greedy, hopeless bastards. Even as a prepubescent flesh ball that would experience withdrawal symptoms if you took away his Super Nintendo controller for more than five seconds, I knew that. How could I not? Fear of the “bad guys” was embedded into roughly 99.9% of the mega-tons of media I consumed on a daily basis. As a tyke I'd often lie in bed at night fearing a who’s who of boogie men with all manner of otherworldly weaponry that I could never hope to defeat. But, thankfully, I somehow managed to survive the onslaught of demonic hordes that plagued my mind, the news, movies and the games I so eagerly devoured. I'd even argue that some of it made me a better person. More recently, from firsthand evidence, I've learned that as scary as the world can be, it’s actually a pretty awesome, dare I say, cooperative place. I buy shit on Craigslist. I get rides from Uber drivers. And you know what? I’ve never once been shanked, scammed or raped by a devil worshipper masquerading as a guy with speakers for sale. In fact, it seems like the best things humans can do are usually accomplished collectively. Thankfully, we live in an era where we actually have the ability to supercharge our collective efforts through open-source, or consensus based platforms. Just look the wild power and success of media like Twitter, Reddit, Bitcoin and crowd-funding. Yet, even these vessels would be truly toothless and impossible without mass participation and trust. Our guest on this episode, Jeffery Tucker has been labeled a lot of things- Economist, Libertarian, Anarchist, Entrepreneur, Publisher, Bitcoin expert, the list truly goes on. However, I’ve found that rather than putting him in a ideological box, it's more accurate to call him a human that trusts other humans, despite all the fear-mongering and propaganda that reverberates throughout the mainstream discourse. Though he and I may not agree on every philosophical point, we agree on the most important thing. We’re all in this together and if we’re going to make this exponentially more interconnected world harmonious, we’re sure as hell going to need to trust one another. Cumbauya. For more on Jeffrey, you can follow him on Twitter, or visit his latest venture, liberty.me You can also say hi, to my well-read, Bitcoin-mongering co-host Will Pangman on Twitter! Join the thousands who already support Midwest Real. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook and don’t forget to subscribe and review on iTunes! P.S.-You can now tip the show at midwestreal.net
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Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, and Jeffery Tucker from Laissez Faire Books discuss intellectual property on Adam vs. The Man. Freedomain Radio is the largest and most popular philosophy show on the web - http://www.freedomainradio.com