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2012 Summer Seminar for High School Students

Recorded: Friday, June 22, 2012

Each year the Independent Institute holds two week-long session of its Summer Seminar for Students for high school and college age students. These clips are highlights from our 2012 session for high school students.

Experts: Benjamin W. Powell
Type: Independent Institute Event
Issues: Culture/ Society, Economic History and Development (International), Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Economists, Free Market Economics, Political Ideology and Philosophy

       
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Ben Powell on Immigration and Economic Growth
2012 Summer Seminar for High School Students

Recorded: Wednesday, June 20, 2012

This presentation is from our 2012 Challenge of Liberty Summer Seminar for high school students, which was held from June 18 to 22, 2012, at the Independent Institute Conference Center, Oakland, California.
View videos and more information about the Summer Seminars.

Experts: Benjamin W. Powell
Type: Independent Institute Event
Issues: Culture/ Society, Free Market Economics, Immigration, Labor and Employment, Political Ideology and Philosophy

       
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Ben Powell on Government Consumer Safety Videos & Media Piracy Enforcement
Recorded: Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Benjamin Powell engages with Tracy Byrnes on Fox Business Network’s Freedom Watch on Government consumer safety videos and the enforcement of media piracy laws.

Experts: Benjamin W. Powell
Type: Television
Issues: Business, Culture/ Society, Entertainment, Government Waste/Pork, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Regulation and Deregulation

       
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Ben Powell on Campaign Style and Taxpayer Legal Fees‬
Recorded: Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Benjamin Powell engages with Tracy Byrnes on Fox Business Network’s Freedom Watch on the style of presidential candidates and SEC legal expenses to be paid by taxpayers.

Experts: Benjamin W. Powell
Type: Television
Issues: Banking and Finance, Culture/ Society, Politics, Taxes

       
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The Secret to Making Poor Nations Rich
Recorded: Thursday, February 21, 2008

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For decades, efforts to end world poverty have focused on redistributing wealth, rather than creating it. This approach, however, has done little to foster long-term economic progress in Africa.

Experts: George B. N. Ayittey, Benjamin W. Powell, Alvaro Vargas Llosa
Type: Independent Institute Event
Issues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Economic History and Development (International), History (International), Latin America, Nationalism, Trade

       
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