Jeffrey Tucker is the founder and CEO of the Brownstone Institute, which is a think-tank that distributes ideas surrounding health, economics, and the philosophical foundations of freedom.
His credentials are boss level.
He has served as a columnist at Forbes, founder of the Atlanta Bitcoin Embassy, Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Austrian Economics Center in Vienna, Austria, Research Affiliate for the RMIT University Blockchain Innovation Hub in Melbourne, Australia, Honorary Fellow of Mises Brazil, affiliate fellow of the Acton Institute and Mackinac Institute, founder and Chief Liberty Officer of Liberty.me, an adviser to blockchain application companies, past editorial director of the Foundation for Economic Education, AIER, and Laissez Faire Books, founder of the CryptoCurrency Conference, and author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and eight books in 5 languages. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture.
I chatted to him about his article, called How The Pandemic Response Changed My Thinking, in which he outlines how the Covid story derailed everything he thought he knew about the world around him.
Welcome to the club, sir!
Summary
In short, Jeffrey discusses
- the role of information;
- trust in Big Tech;
- the revelation of the administrative state;
- true inequality; and
- the witch-burning mob.
Our conversation
I might add that he is a wonderful orator, making listening to him exceptionally enjoyable.
