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. He is also an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy,[2] a research affiliate of RMIT University's Blockchain Innovation Hub, and an Acton Institute associate 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. Personal life Formerly a Southern Baptist, Tucker is a convert to traditionalist Catholicism and was managing editor of the Church Music Association of America journal Sacred Music from 2006 to 2014. From 2013 to 2015, he edited CMAA's website New Liturgical Movement BACKGROUND In the late 1980s, he worked for Ron Paul as an assistant to editor Lew Rockwell. During Paul's 2008 Presidential campaign, newsletters written on behalf of Paul became controversial because some contained statements against black people and gay people.[7] Tucker was said to have helped Rockwell write the newsletters. 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 to LewRockwell.com.[self-published source?] In late 2011 he was hired by Addison Wiggin as publisher and executive editor of Laissez Faire Books, and worked in that capacity until 2016. As of 2017, he remains a contributor to LFB.[citation needed] Tucker was appointed a Distinguished Fellow of the Foundation for Economic Education in 2013,[10] speaking at FEE's seminars and writing for its publication The Freeman. From 2015 to 2017, he was FEE's Director of Content. Tucker became Editorial Director of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) in late 2017. As of 2021, he is listed as an independent editorial consultant at AIER. 2013: Tucker was appointed a Distinguished Fellow of the Foundation for Economic Education in 2013, speaking at FEE's seminars and writing for its publication The Freeman. 2017: Tucker became Editorial Director of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) in late 2017. 2018: In 2018, Jeffrey Tucker endorsed Liberland, which is a micronation located between Croatia and Serbia and accepts the cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ethereum. 2020: In 2020 he helped organize the Great Barrington Declaration, signed at AIER, which advocated the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. 2021: In 2021 he founded the nonprofit Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research, a think tank that has published articles opposing various measures against COVID-19.