Benjamin Powell
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Benjamin Powell is Research Fellow at The Independent Institute, Assistant Professor of Economics at Suffolk University and a Senior Economist with the Beacon Hill Institute. Dr. Powell received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University and his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. He has been assistant professor of economics at San Jose State University, a fellow with the Mercatus Center's Global Prosperity Initiative, and a visiting research fellow with the American Institute for Economic Research.
Dr. Powell is the author of Housing Supply and Affordability and the editor of Housing America: Building Out of a Crisis, Making Poor Nations Rich: Entrepreneurship and the Process of Development. He has contributed to numerous volumes, and his scholarly research has been published in such journals as Public Choice, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Private Enterprise, Indian Journal of Economics and Business, Human Rights Quarterly, Journal of Labor Research, Cato Journal, Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, California Labor and Employment Law Review, Florida State University Law Review, Journal of Law, Economics and Public Policy, Review of Austrian Economics and Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics.
Dr. Powell’s popular articles have appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines, and web sites, including the Investors Business Daily, Washington Post, FoxNews.com, Charlotte Observer, Orange County Register, San Diego Union Tribune, Boston Herald, and many city business journals. He has appeared on shows such as “The Situation with Tucker Carlson” on MSNBC and CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” and has debated economic issues on numerous radios shows. His academic research findings have been reported in the Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily and over one hundred regional papers such as the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and Miami Herald.
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