About | Agenda | Publications | Litigation | Databases | Events | Donate | Advancing liberty and opportunity for all people through research and education. Our Purpose The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute that advances the principles of free markets and limited government. Through our research and education programs, we challenge government overreach and advocate for free-market approaches to public policy that free people to realize their potential and their dreams. Since 1987, we have been a champion for freedom for the residents of Michigan and beyond, from hot dog stands and food trucks ... to parents seeking education choice ... to workers exercising union rights ... to overtaxed business owners and entrepreneurs fighting for a level playing field. With them and others, we work to advance a freer and more prosperous state.