“Decision 2024” is the topic of the Freedom Seminar at Northwood University

The lecture series begins on August 27 and lasts until November 26

Northwood University’s Freedom Seminar begins this fall with the topic “Decision 2024: The Economics of the U.S. Election.”

“The Freedom Seminar is an annual lecture series on free enterprise presented by renowned experts in business, policy and academia,” said Dr. Dale Matcheck, chair of Northwood's economics program. “This year we will focus on some of the most important issues at stake this fall, including illegal immigration, trade with China, alternative energy, artificial intelligence, housing, education, inflation, income inequality and our exploding national debt.”

Freedom Seminar lectures will be held on Tuesday evenings at 6 p.m. throughout the fall semester in Room 114 of the R. Gary Stauffer Academic Building on the Northwood campus. A link to the live stream will also be available on Northwood's Freedom Seminar website. All lectures are free and open to the public.

The Freedom Seminar is also an honors course for Northwood students who qualify and complete appropriate coursework. It can serve as a substitute for ECN 4010, “Economics of Public Policy,” a required course in all Northwood degree plans.

Below you will find an overview of the lecture titles and speakers of this year’s Freedom Seminar:

• August 27 – Inflation and Price Controls by Dr. Dale Matcheck, Chair of Economics at Northwood University

• September 3 – Making Housing More Affordable by Dr. Gabriel Benzecry, Professor of Economics at Northwood University

• September 10 – Presidential Debate (students can watch and comment from home)

• September 17 – What elections reveal about social priorities, by John Grether, Kettering University

• September 24 – Inequality and Minimum Wage by Kristin Tokarev of Stossel TV and Dr. Alex Tokarev, Economics Professor at Northwood University

• October 1 – The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible by Ken Schoolland of Hawaii Pacific University

• October 8 – Immigration Panel with Trevor Kraus of Students for Liberty and Dr. Alex Tokarev of Northwood University

• October 15 – Climate and Energy Policy by Dr. Timothy G. Nash of the McNair Center for Free Enterprise at Northwood University and Jason Hayes of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy

• October 22 – Taxation by Scott Hodge of the Tax Foundation

• 29 October – Free trade, fair trade or protectionism? (Speaker to be announced)

• November 6 – Election Night (students watch and comment from home)

• November 12 – Artificial Intelligence and Antitrust by Theodore Bolema of the Institute for the Study of Economic Growth

• November 19 – Tax and Entitlement Reform by Jade Walle of FairTax, Eric Nager of Plan for America and Dr. Alex Tokarev of Northwood University

• November 26 – Public Education and Student Debt (speaker to be announced)

For more information about this lecture series or the associated college course, please email Dr. Dale Matcheck at .