Associate Professor of Economics and Classical Liberal Philosophy
Professor Tokarev grew up in Bulgaria under socialism and received his Ph.D. in Economics from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He has received awards and scholarships from UCTM, SIUC, RCI/ISNIE, ISI, APEE, AFEE, Acton, and FMF. Tokarev has taught over 2 dozen different courses since the year 2000 across several colleges and universities and authored more than 300 publications in English and Bulgarian on classical liberal ideas. He has presented his research and given guest lectures at more than 60 forums.   
Tokarev has organized and led international ventures to Bulgaria and Albania and internships for students at the Institute for Market Economics, the Institute for Radical Capitalism Atlas, and the Experts Club for Politics and Economics in Bulgaria. He edited the Bulgarian translation of Hoppe’s “Democracy: the god that failed”. Tokarev has been interviewed by the Bulgarian National TV, Bulgarian National Radio, Bulgaria On Air TV, Bloomberg Bulgaria, and several Bulgarian magazines and debated the merits of limited government for the Bulgarian Libertarian Society and the benefits of sweatshops at Northwood.  
Since 2012, he has been a part of Northwood’s faculty as an associate professor of free-market economics and classical liberal philosophy. Tokarev is the founder and faculty advisor of Northwood University’s annual student-led Freedom Week, Academic Director of the 2025 Freedom Seminar, Mackinac Center for Public Policy Scholar, and Free Market Road Show Speaker.
