Benjamin Powell is Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute, Associate Professor of Economics at Suffolk University, and President of the Association of Private Enterprise Education.
Full Biography and Recent Publications

I recently recorded a short video on “jobs” programs. Here it is:

Immigration is often a contentious public policy issue and there are legitimate hard questions that surround the issue. Unfortunately, all too often, public debate is centered around a few economic misconceptions people have about immigration instead of focusing on the tougher issues. Immigrants are not a drag on the economy, they don’t steal jobs...
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