Jack McPherrin

Jack McPherrin is a Senior Policy Analyst and Research Fellow at The Heartland Institute and co-author of The Next Big Crash.

You Don’t Own Your Stocks the Way You Think You Do

Commentary Most Americans believe that when they “buy” a stock, bond, or exchange-traded fund in a brokerage account, ...

Viewpoints February 4, 2026
More States Must Take Florida’s Lead in Combating Socialist Indoctrination

Fortunately, many Americans are waking up to the existential threat that Marxists pose to our nation’s children and ...

Viewpoints April 24, 2024
Your Property Rights Have Been Taken in All 50 States. Here’s How to Get Them Back

In the event of a financial crisis—which seems more likely with every passing day—we could lose everything to ...

Viewpoints January 31, 2024
No—ESG Doesn’t Offer Investors More Choices, Nor Is It Part of the Free Market

Commentary On Feb. 28, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wrote an impassioned appeal in The Wall Street Journal for ...

Viewpoints March 13, 2023
A ‘Climate Emergency’ Declaration Would Set Alarming Precedent and Must Be Avoided

Commentary In a speech given to his most ardent allies and climate activists in Somerset, Massachusetts, on July ...

Viewpoints July 28, 2022
Uncovering the White House’s Secret Meetings With BlackRock

Commentary With more than $10 trillion in assets under management, BlackRock is the wealthiest and most powerful investment ...

Viewpoints June 23, 2022
A Global ESG System Is Almost Here: We Should Be Worried

Commentary Day two of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, started off on a ...

Viewpoints May 31, 2022
Sanctions, Climate Policy, ESG, and Energy Dependence

Commentary President Biden’s latest effort to impose a cordon upon the Russian economy and place pressure upon the ...

Viewpoints March 20, 2022
Beware of the Long-Term Implications of a Sino-Russian Alliance

Commentary As anticipated, Vladimir Putin has invaded Ukraine. As also anticipated, the West has responded with economic sanctions. ...

Viewpoints March 4, 2022