107. Addressing the Free-Market View of Immigration, Trade, & More w Dr. Benjamin Powell | Ep. 28

In LPP Episode #28, I talk with Dr. Ben Powell of TTU's Free Market Institute about the costs of government failures during the pandemic and benefits of immigration and trade to let people prosper.

Hello Friends,

In episode #28 of the Let People Prosper Show, I interview Dr. Benjamin (“Ben”) Powell of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University about:  

1. Costs of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns and resulting recession;

2. Benefits of immigration outlined in his book Economics of Immigration and of international trade in his book Socialism Sucks; and   

3. Current events based on these ideas, and what should be done from a free-market view to best let people prosper.

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Ben Powell’s bio (here):

• Benjamin Powell is the executive director of the Free Market Institute and a professor of economics in the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration at Texas Tech University.

• Prof. Powell is a Senior Fellow with the Independent Institute, Secretary-Treasurer of the Southern Economic Association, Secretary-Treasurer of The Association of Private Enterprise Education, and Treasurer of The Mont Pelerin Society. He earned his B.S. in economics and finance from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University.

• Prof. Powell is the author of Out of Poverty: Sweatshops in the Global Economy (Cambridge University Press, 2014), co-author of Socialism Sucks: Two Economists Drink Their Way Through the Unfree World (Regnery Publishing, 2019) and Wretched Refuse? The Political Economy of Immigration and Institutions (Cambridge University Press, 2020), and editor or co-editor of four other books including The Economics of Immigration: Market-Based Approaches, Social Science, and Public Policy (Oxford University Press, 2015). He is author of more than 75 scholarly articles and policy studies.

• Prof. Powell's research findings have been reported in hundreds of popular press outlets including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. He also writes frequently for the popular press. His popular writing has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, New York Post, The Dallas Morning News and many other outlets. He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows including, Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, Showtime, CNBC, and he was a regular guest commentator on Fox Business Network's Freedom Watch and Stossel.

• For more information about Prof. Powell, please visit www.benjaminwpowell.com or his Social Science Research Network (SSRN) page: Benjamin Powell.