Historic Campaign to Support Future Free-Enterprise Leaders
Historic Campaign to Support Future Free-Enterprise Leaders
Northwood University has officially launched the public phase of its When We Are Free campaign — a $100 million fundraising initiative to sustain and advance America’s Free Enterprise University! “The When We Are Free campaign is the most ambitious and consequential initiative in Northwood University’s history,” said President Kent MacDonald. “This $100 million effort is...
By Kate Hessling
Timeless Lessons from ‘The Karate Kid’
Timeless Lessons from ‘The Karate Kid’
The first Karate Kid movie was released in June 1984, and presently, the story lives on with the new release of Karate Kid: Legends. I recently re-watched The Karate Kid and The Karate Kid Part II with my own kids, and these films were just as good as I remembered. When I was growing up...
By Kimberlee Josephson
The Basics of International Trade
The Basics of International Trade
With the rise of populist skepticism about international trade, claims have resurfaced asserting that restricting imports will create jobs, that trade deficits are a subsidy to foreigners, that tariffs generate tax revenue, and that tariffs serve as a strategic negotiating tool. But most of these claims are economically flawed and often contradict each other. The...
By Dr. Michael Makovi
Free Markets Promoting Nuclear Safety: The Three Mile Island Incident and INPO
Free Markets Promoting Nuclear Safety: The Three Mile Island Incident and INPO
The Three Mile Island meltdown was the worst American commercial nuclear accident in our nation’s history. Yet at the same time, it is the only commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history, with no one being physically harmed and the plant remaining operational. Primarily, this can be attributed to the creation of the Institute of Nuclear...
By Corbin Landrey
Some Questions for Trump about Tariffs and Trade
Some Questions for Trump about Tariffs and Trade
With the clock ticking on the 90-day pause in President Donald Trump’s tariff and trade war, it’s time for the president to answer some questions. After all, when the president systematically uses economic nationalism in public discourse, he shapes people’s minds—regardless of whether his statements are intended for political negotiations or reflect deeply held beliefs....
By Alvaro Vargas Llosa
John Milton, Eric Weinstein, and the Battle for the Marketplace of Ideas
John Milton, Eric Weinstein, and the Battle for the Marketplace of Ideas
Investor and podcaster Eric Weinstein recently argued that free speech is overrated. While supporting the idea of the First Amendment, he said that free speech alone was insufficient to combat bad ideas. As he put it, “This whole concept of the marketplace of ideas doesn’t actually work because marketplaces have market failures and very fit...
By Julian Adorney
China’s Strategy Against Trump’s Tariffs
China’s Strategy Against Trump’s Tariffs
While President Donald Trump continues to expand and contract his tariff policy, taking his allies on a political-economic roller coaster, China seems unfazed by this frenzy that is challenging the world order. In response to the US imposing new tariffs on goods of Chinese origin, China initially responded with a similar strategy. Beijing retaliated with...
By Agustina Sosa
Adapting to Survive
Adapting to Survive
Gary Shapiro has had a long career at the intersection of consumer technology and the government rules that govern it. As the CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, he has been both a cheerleader and defensive coordinator when it comes to the companies that make the gizmos, appliances, and computerized wonders that fill our lives....
By Richard Morrison
Too Big to Turn?: Moody’s Credit Rating Downgrade
Too Big to Turn?: Moody’s Credit Rating Downgrade
Imagine that you are the captain of a huge boat, like a modern container ship or even the legendary Titanic. You’re sailing forward at full throttle when an iceberg is sighted dead ahead. You need to change course because the damage will sink your ship if you hit the iceberg. You turn the wheel as...
By Craig Eyermann
Tariffs Will Hurt the World’s Poor the Most
Tariffs Will Hurt the World’s Poor the Most
Most US media coverage of President Donald Trump’s trade war has focused on how his global tariff regime is likely to impact the US economy and American consumers. However, it’s the workers in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Lesotho, Vietnam and other poor countries who are likely to be harmed the most by the trade war...
By Benjamin Powell
Plastic’s Quiet Role in Defeating Poverty
Plastic’s Quiet Role in Defeating Poverty
We rarely hear positive things about plastic. Headlines overflow with alarming statistics on microplastic contamination and unsettling images of ocean pollution. Yet plastic has quietly played an essential role in reducing poverty, improving global living standards, and even saving lives. How could toxic, Earth-choking plastics possibly combat poverty around the world? In recent articles titled...
By Vladimir Snurenco
Nixon to Now: How the Kitchen Debate Came Home
Nixon to Now: How the Kitchen Debate Came Home
In July 1959, at the American National Exhibition in Moscow’s Sokolniki Park, Vice President Richard Nixon stepped into a model suburban kitchen and found himself in a now-famous impromptu exchange with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Known as the “Kitchen Debate,” the moment became emblematic of Cold War tensions — not over missiles or military power,...
By Peter C. Earle
A Course-Correction on Antitrust
A Course-Correction on Antitrust
Is the DOJ finally done playing games with the economy? It hardly sounds like a compliment to be described as “Hillbilly Antitrust,” but Gail Slater—now heading the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division—has embraced the label with characteristic bluntness. But there may be reason to cheer. In the past, Slater has made some pro-regulation assertions. She’s expressed...
By Daniel J. Mitchell
Falling for Socialism
Falling for Socialism
Across college campuses, on TikTok feeds, and in everyday conversations, a familiar narrative is gaining steam: capitalism is broken. Rising rents and stagnant wages fuel the claim among some young people that free markets have failed an entire generation. According to a 2024 poll by the Institute of Economic Affairs, more than 60% of young...
By Lika Kobeshavidze