Northwood’s Nash Joins WJR to Talk ‘Auto Sales and Anxious Parents: A Rollercoaster Ride!’
Northwood’s Nash Joins WJR to Talk ‘Auto Sales and Anxious Parents: A Rollercoaster Ride!’
Dr. Timothy G. Nash, director of the Northwood University Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, recently joined Chris Renwick and Lloyd Jackson from ‘JR Morning on WJR to discuss inflation, tariffs, and USMCA renegotiation affecting auto sales and profit margins. Listen to the full interview here:
By Dr. Timothy Nash
Listen Here: Dr. Nash Discusses Unemployment and Future Hiring in WILS Interview
Listen Here: Dr. Nash Discusses Unemployment and Future Hiring in WILS Interview
Dr. Timothy G. Nash, director of the Northwood University Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, joined the Mike Austin Show (WILS) on Monday, June 8, 2026, to discuss recent unemployment data, future hiring, and more. Listen here:
By Dr. Timothy Nash
From Socialist Bulgaria to America’s Promise: Northwood Professor Featured in Mackinac Center Series
From Socialist Bulgaria to America’s Promise: Northwood Professor Featured in Mackinac Center Series
Dr. Alex Tokarev shares his journey to freedom as part of “Chasing the American Dream,” a special America 250 video series by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Before Dr. Alexander Tokarev became an associate professor of economics and philosophy at Northwood University, he lived in a world where freedom was not assumed, opportunity was...
By Kate Hessling
America’s Free Enterprise University Launches Limited-Edition Freedom Lights the Future Apparel Line
America’s Free Enterprise University Launches Limited-Edition Freedom Lights the Future Apparel Line
Northwood University is giving alumni, students, families, employees, and friends a new way to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary — just in time for July 4. A limited-edition Freedom Lights the Future apparel line will be available through a special online store opening Monday, May 25. The store will close at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, June 7,...
By Kate Hessling
Has Blaine Luetkemeyer Slayed the Corporate DEI Dragons?
Has Blaine Luetkemeyer Slayed the Corporate DEI Dragons?
American businesses exist to serve customers, workers, shareholders, and the economy — not as political pawns for activist agendas most voters never chose, writes Dr. Brett M. Decker, the Endowed Chair of Leadership at Northwood University, in this new piece featured by Townhall. Dr. Decker is a New York Times bestselling author, former Senior Vice...
By Kate Hessling
Is Capitalism the Ultimate Answer?
Is Capitalism the Ultimate Answer?
Capitalism is the ultimate foundation needed to be successful. That is an ignorant statement that dismisses the importance of the establishment of a free enterprise system guaranteeing a reward for one’s actions. Incentives matter, but that alone is not enough. In Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance establishes an argument that forces us to question a core...
By Excellent Abikphi
Grading Trump’s Midterm Economy
Grading Trump’s Midterm Economy
This piece originally appeared in The Detroit News on March 26, 2026. May you live in interesting times. That’s how the ancient Chinese (supposedly) cursed their enemies. It’s hard to think of a more politically interesting time in the lives of a Gen-Z student than the first 14 months of the second Donald Trump presidency....
By Dr. Alex Tokarev, Kristin Tokarev
Northwood Professor Co-Authors Survey of Deirdre McCloskey’s Intellectual Legacy
Northwood Professor Co-Authors Survey of Deirdre McCloskey’s Intellectual Legacy
Northwood University Professor Alex Tokarev and Samford University Professor Art Carden offer a survey of McCloskey’s almost six-decade career in four movements: her contributions to the Cliometric Revolution, her work on the rhetoric of inquiry, her analysis of the Great Enrichment, and her forays into “humanomics” at the Social Sciences Research Network. To learn more,...
Northwood University Celebrates Class of 2026 with Messages of Hope, Responsibility, and Freedom
Northwood University Celebrates Class of 2026 with Messages of Hope, Responsibility, and Freedom
Northwood University celebrated the Class of 2026 on Saturday, May 9, during a full day of commencement ceremonies that honored nearly 600 graduates and featured messages rooted in freedom, personal responsibility, earned success and principled leadership. The day opened with remarks from Northwood University President Kent MacDonald, who offered a commencement message centered on hope...
By Kate Hessling
Ideas Worth Defending: Free Market Road Show Brings Global Conversation to Northwood University
Ideas Worth Defending: Free Market Road Show Brings Global Conversation to Northwood University
At Northwood University, ideas are not treated as abstract concepts reserved for textbooks or lecture halls. They are living principles that shape institutions, influence policy, expand opportunity, and determine whether individuals are free to pursue their highest potential. That is why Northwood was proud to host this year’s Free Market Road Show, an international lecture...
By Kate Hessling
‘The Wealth of Nations’ and 250 Years of Economists Missing the Point
‘The Wealth of Nations’ and 250 Years of Economists Missing the Point
Northwood University Professor Gabriel F. Benzecry and Daniel J. Smith recall the timeless messages of Adam Smith and how overwhelmingly we’ve failed to absorb and implement them this new piece for The Independent Institute.
By Dr. Gabriel Benzecry, Daniel J. Smith
How Trump can get energy prices down for all Americans
How Trump can get energy prices down for all Americans
The following piece by Dr. Brett Decker, a New York Times bestselling author and the Endowed Chair of Leadership at Northwood University, first appeared in the BizPac Review. The war in Iran has underscored an economic truth: higher energy prices are a killer. The Iranian regime’s disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has...
By Dr. Brett M. Decker
A Look at Our Material Progress
A Look at Our Material Progress
In 2024, Americans elected an entrepreneur who promised to cut taxes, shrink the federal bureaucracy, and unleash market forces to make life more “affordable.” A year later, the residents of New York City elected a Marxist who claims that capitalism is crushing our American Dream. His solution? More rules and redistribution to solve the “affordability...
By Dr. Alex Tokarev
Free Enterprise Center Director Discusses National Debt on Ron Jolly Show
Free Enterprise Center Director Discusses National Debt on Ron Jolly Show
Dr. Timothy G. Nash, Northwood University senior vice president emeritus and director of the Northwood University Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, discussed the national debt, economic growth, Milton Friedman, and more, during an interview on the Ron Jolly Show on WTCM. Listen here!