Through peer reviewed contributions to scholarly journals, curriculum development, and attendance at local, national, and international academic conferences, the Center engages in the conversation and discourse around free markets and the free enterprise system. Other research-based activities of the Center include the publication of a student research journal, and work with doctoral students on economics and free enterprise-oriented dissertations and research.

Unleashing Capitalism with Common Sense Policy

Will government’s heavy hand make business “Go Galt”?

Scott Niederjohn

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Unleashing Capitalism with Common Sense Policy

Onward Wisconsin: Unleashing Capitalism with Common Sense Public Policy

Adam Hoffer, Scott Niederjohn, Russell Sobel, Nabamita Dutta

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Unleashing Capitalism with Common Sense Policy

Wisconsin students’ guide to college debt decisions

Scott Niederjohn

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Teaching Economics in Uncertain Times

The Economics of Cryptocurrencies

Kim Holder, Scott Niederjohn, and William C. Wood

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Teaching Economics in Uncertain Times

Teaching About Today's Economic Numbers

Scott Niederjohn, Mark C. Schug, Tawni Hunt Ferrarini

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Economic Episodes in Amercian History

Higher Education and Economic Mobility: Who Punches Above Their Weight?

Isabella L. Roman, William C. Wood, Scott Niederjohn

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Economic Episodes in Amercian History

Economic Episodes in Amercian History

Mark C. Schug, William C. Wood, Tawni Hunt Ferrarini, M. Scott Niederjohn

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Economic Episodes in Civics and Amercian Government

Economic Episodes in Civics and American Government

Scott Niederjohn, Mark C. Schug, Signe Thomas, William C. Wood

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Teachers Can Be Financially Fit, Economists Insist

Teachers Can Be Financially Fit, Economists' Advice for Educators

Tawni Hunt Ferrarini, M. Scott Niederjohn, Mark C. Schug, William C. Wood

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Critical Theories vs Human Flourishing

Critical Theories vs. Human Flourishing

Scott Niederjohn and Mark C. Schug

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Purple Solutions: A bipartisan roadmap to better healthcare in America

Purple Solutions: A bipartisan roadmap to better healthcare in America

Daniel S. Sem

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Mandate Healthcare Madison

Common Sense Health Care Reforms for Wisconsin

Daniel Sem and Scott Niederjohn

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Mandate Healthcare Madison

A Road Map for Health Care Reform in Wisconsin

Scott Niederjohn and Daniel Sem

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Forgiving Student Loan Debt

Forgiving Student Loan Debt: Who wins and who loses?

M. Scott Niederjohn

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JEFE Vol-19-num-Fall-2020

Dave Ramsey's Personal Finance: A Primer and Critique

William C. Wood and M. Scott Niederjohn

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The Association of Private Enterprise Education

How Jackie Robinson and Adam Smith Worked Together to Desegregate Major League Baseball: An Educational Note

William C. Wood, M. Scott Niederjohn, and Mark C. Schug

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