Benjamin Powell
- Professor of Economics, Texas Tech University, Director, The Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University, Senior Fellow, The Independent Institute
Dr. Benjamin Powell is a professor of economics at Texas Tech University. He is also the Director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University and a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute. Prior to this, Ben was an associate professor of economics at Suffolk University, an assistant professor of economics at San Jose State University, and the Director of the Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation at the Independent Institute.
Dr. Powell earned his PhD from George Mason University in 2003, where he studied Austrian Economics and Public Choice Theory. While at George Mason University, Ben was a Mercatus PhD Fellow.
Latest Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
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Global economic freedom during the second year of the pandemic
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- | Research Papers Research Papers
Sweatshop Boycotts: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them
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US state-level economic freedom during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Anti-sweatshop activism and the safety-employment tradeoff: Evidence from Bangladesh's Rana Plaza disaster
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Ben Powell on Elements of Success in Graduate School
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Measuring economic freedom during the Covid-19 pandemic
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
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The Ethics of Doing Business with Illegal Immigrants
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Does Aid Cause Changes in Economic Freedom?
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The political economy of the COVID‐19 pandemic
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Making sense of dictatorships and health outcomes
Latest Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Global economic freedom during the second year of the pandemic
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Sweatshop Boycotts: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
US state-level economic freedom during the COVID-19 pandemic
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Anti-sweatshop activism and the safety-employment tradeoff: Evidence from Bangladesh's Rana Plaza disaster
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Ben Powell on Elements of Success in Graduate School
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Measuring economic freedom during the Covid-19 pandemic
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Ethics of Doing Business with Illegal Immigrants
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Does Aid Cause Changes in Economic Freedom?
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The political economy of the COVID‐19 pandemic
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Making sense of dictatorships and health outcomes
Latest Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Global economic freedom during the second year of the pandemic
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Sweatshop Boycotts: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
US state-level economic freedom during the COVID-19 pandemic
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Anti-sweatshop activism and the safety-employment tradeoff: Evidence from Bangladesh's Rana Plaza disaster
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Measuring economic freedom during the Covid-19 pandemic
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Ethics of Doing Business with Illegal Immigrants
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Does Aid Cause Changes in Economic Freedom?
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The political economy of the COVID‐19 pandemic
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Making sense of dictatorships and health outcomes
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The 'Minimal' State Reconsidered
Governance on the Margin
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Ben Powell on Elements of Success in Graduate School
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Free to Exchange: Risk Mitigation and Economic Thinking on Corruption
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Larry White Interviewed on Free to Exchange on the Banking System
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- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Free to Exchange: Socialism in Venezuela and India
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Chris Coyne on Free to Exchange: Economics of Foreign Wars and Interventionism
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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David Schmidtz Interviewed on Free to Exchange about Inequality
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Daniel Bennett Interviewed on Free To Exchange about Higher Education
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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Christopher Coyne Interviewed on Free To Exchange about Foreign Intervention
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- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Dan D'Amico and Audrey Redford Interviewed on Free to Exchange
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance