Jack McPherrin, Author at The Henry Dearborn Liberty Network

Jack McPherrin

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Jack McPherrin is a writer, editor, and researcher with The Henry Dearborn Liberty Network. He also serves as The Heartland Institute’s research editor and as a research fellow within Heartland’s Socialism Research Center (SRC). As research editor, Jack sources, edits, and manages the publication process for all Heartland research publications, and regularly writes op-eds for various news outlets, including The Epoch Times, The Blaze, The Washington Times, The Western Journal, The Center Square, American Greatness, Townhall, American Thinker, and RedState, among others. As an SRC research fellow, Jack authors his own research publications, policy studies, and legislative tip sheets; he focuses most heavily upon authoritarian tactics, collectivist ideology, technocracy, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) systems, and international affairs relevant to American society. Jack is also the managing editor of the SRC’s website, StoppingSocialism.com.

Jack holds a Master of Arts in International Affairs from Loyola University-Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and History from Boston College. Prior to his tenure at Heartland and the completion of his graduate degree, Jack worked in the private sector in Chicago, where he still resides.

Click here to view/download the full Tip Sheet. Important provisions in Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) contain highly problematic elements that undermine Americans’ individual rights and threaten the stability of the U.S. economy. This Tip Sheet will provide a brief description of those troubling areas of the UCC and propose a set of related concrete policy solutions for lawmakers. The UCC was created in the mid-twentieth […]

Revising Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code to Protect Americans’ Property Rights

Click here to view and/or download the full Tip Sheet. Important provisions in the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) contain highly problematic elements that undermine Americans’ individual rights and threaten the stability of the U.S. economy. This Tip Sheet will provide a brief description of those troubling areas of the UCC and propose a set of related concrete policy solutions for lawmakers. The UCC was created in the […]

Revising the Uniform Commercial Code to Protect Americans’ Property Rights and Impede a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency

To view the full letter, click here. Dear State Legislators and Other Elected Officials, Questions are now being raised about important laws that have been added to state codes in all 50 states over the past 25 years. These laws were deliberately designed to abrogate private property rights and could in the future be used to harm all Americans who hold investment securities, including those held in IRA […]

Protecting Private Property Rights Through the Uniform Commercial Code

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have only recently become a widely discussed topic among influential figures in academia, media, and public policy institutions. However, initiatives to implement CBDCs around the globe have existed for years, especially in countries with autocratic governments, such as China and Russia. As of September 2023, 131 countries have explored CBDCs.[1] The Biden administration has also signaled that it’s supportive of a Federal Reserve-backed U.S. CBDC, […]

Central Bank Digital Currency: A Basic Primer

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have only recently become a widely discussed topic among influential figures in academia, media, and public policy institutions. However, initiatives to implement CBDCs around the globe have existed for years, especially in countries with autocratic governments, such as China and Russia. As of September 2023, 131 countries have said they are exploring CBDCs.[1] The Biden administration has also signaled that it’s supportive of a Federal […]