The Metro: Could a free market ease Michigan’s affordability crisis?

By: Sam Corey

3 February 2026 at 20:15

Affordability. That’s the word that’s been buzzing around politics.

In November, Democrats across the country won on the promise of reducing the cost of living.

But it’s not just liberals that are embracing an “affordability agenda.” Conservatives and libertarians are latching on as well.

Jarrett Skorup is the vice president of marketing and communications at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, which appreciates the free market and criticizes government regulation.

In this conversation, The Metro‘s Sam Corey spoke with him about why he thinks unregulated capitalism can help free people from the burden of rising costs.

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