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In his latest commentary for Real Clear Markets, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard explains how the corporate response to Hurricane Ian showed that neutral, apolitical corporate activism is possible.

“My guess is that the companies won’t see anyone at all protesting their actions or demanding boycotts of their companies,” Scott writes.

To read the full piece, click here.

In his recent column in Human Events, Free Enterprise Project associate Ethan Peck explains how World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab is similar to Fyodor Dostoevsky’s infamous character, the Grand Inquisitor.

“The many who mockingly liken Schwab to Emperor Palpatine or Dr. Evil are actually not being excessively hyperbolic – there’s ample validity to those comparisons,” writes Ethan.

To read the full piece, click here.

In his latest commentary for Real Clear Markets, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard satirizes Bank of America’s racial “equity” mortgage program that would provide loans for black and Hispanic first-time homebuyers but not white ones.

“This is astonishing and pernicious on so many levels. There is first, of course, the concern about giving mortgages to people with bad credit ratings or little savings. But it also provides a clear illustration of how white billionaires are trying to buy unnecessary absolution for their wealth by crushing poor (and, inevitably, middle class) “non-diverse” people,” writes Scott.

To read the full piece, click here.

Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard appears on NTD News to discuss the National Center’s ongoing lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission for its approval of Nasdaq’s unconstitutional board diversity rule. Watch the full interview below:

In his column today in the Daily Caller, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard writes about the National Center’s ongoing lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission for approving Nasdaq’s discriminatory board quotas.

“The SEC is a government actor, and American government actors may not take actions that would encourage discrimination on the basis of race, sex or, more recently, sexual orientation,” writes Scott.

To read the full piece, click here.

In his latest commentary for Real Clear Markets, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard analyzes recent lawsuits against major corporations for discrimination, and the promise the lawsuits hold for curbing illegal Diversity, Equity & Inclusion programs.

“This is all very simple, CEOs: All Americans not only have civil rights, but have the same civil rights as all other Americans,” writes Scott.

To read the full piece, click here.

In his latest commentary for Real Clear Markets, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard shines a light on the sinister double standard between the politically motivated ESG criteria imposed on American companies but not CCP-owned companies.

“What all these ESG warriors are really doing is simply forcing a profoundly partisan, illegal and/or productivity-destroying policy agenda only on U.S.-listed publicly traded companies,” writes Scott.

To read the full piece, click here.

In his recent column in the Washington Examiner, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard does a deep dive on ESG, “stakeholder capitalism” and corporate wokeness, and outlines the most effective solutions available to fight back.

“ESG and stakeholder capitalism are not forces of good. Rather, they are the camouflage for the forces that have led to the hard-left politicization of so much of corporate America and that threaten the strength of our economy and the fabric of our civil society,” Scott writes.

To read the full piece, click here.

In his latest commentary for Real Clear Markets, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard explains which State measures could be most effective in the nationwide pushback against BlackRock-sponsored ESG.

“State efforts to rein in the self-appointed capital controllers will have to be sophisticated,” Scott writes, “because the latters’ efforts to dictate national policy from their c-suites have been both highly sophisticated and deeply disingenuous.”

To read the full piece, click here.

In his latest commentary for Real Clear Markets, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard details the many negative consequences of energy rationing to reduce carbon emissions, and how the elitists who are calling for it exempt themselves.

“If that’s [energy rationing] what’s called for, Larry [Fink], then those who will have to sacrifice the most will of course be you and your friends, which is only proper,” Scott writes. “For you who are demanding these constraints should not be exempted from them.”

To read the full piece, click here.