Theodore Bolema is an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and senior policy editor with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, and is a graduate of Hope College.

Re-regulating Electricity Could Shock Michigan’s Economy

A reversal in deregulation would restrict choice in electricity supply, harming rather than benefiting consumers and the businesses that employ them. … more

Don’t Blame Deregulation for the Blackout

In the end, the blackout was primarily the result of failures at the transmission level — the level where almost no deregulation has occurred. … more

Don’t Blame Deregulation for the Blackout

Repeal Michigan’s Anti-Takeover Law

Anti-takeover laws … often promote the very harms they are supposed to prevent, while imposing great costs and delays on the shareholders and other stakeholders in the corporations. … more