Jim Powell is the R.C. Hoiles Senior Fellow at a libertarian think tank, the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., with which he has been associated since 1988. Prior to this he handled assignments for the Manhattan Institute, the Institute for Humane Studies, Citizens for a Sound Economy, the National Right to Work Committee and Americans for Free Choice in Medicine. See also Libertarianism and Libertarian Party Libertarian,is a term for person who has made a conscious and principled commitment, evidenced by a statement or Pledge, to forswear violating others rights and usually living in voluntary communities: thus in law no longer subject to government supervision. ... This article is about the institution. ... The Cato Institute is a large libertarian, non-profit public policy research foundation (think tank) headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Institutes stated mission is to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets, and... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ... The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research is an influential New York City-based free market think tank established in 1978. ... The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) is a libertarian organization that assists students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. ... Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE) is a conservative political group operating in the United States, whose self-described mission is to fight for less government, lower taxes, and less regulation. ...

Powell is an author on the history of liberty and its adversaries. His most recent books report findings about the unintended consequences of major presidential policies. Altogether, he has written eight books. He is perhaps best-known for FDR's Folly which has been praised by Nobel Laureates Milton Friedman and James M. Buchanan, Harvard historian David Landes and historian Thomas Fleming.^[1] Powell's books have been translated into Japanese. Milton Friedman Milton Friedman (born July 31, 1912) is an American economist, known for his work on macroeconomics, microeconomics, economic history, statistics, and for his advocacy of laissez-faire capitalism. ... For the president of this name, see James Buchanan. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... David Landes is professor emeritus of economics and retired professor of history at Harvard University. ... People named Thomas Fleming: Sir Thomas Fleming (judge), (1544 - 1613), English judge. ...

He has contributed several hundred articles for an unusually broad array of journals.^[2] He has given talks internationally^[3] as well as at Harvard, Stanford and other universities across the United States. Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Stanford may refer: Stanford University Places: Stanford, Kentucky Stanford, California, home of Stanford University Stanford Shopping Center Stanford, New York, town in Dutchess County. ...

Biography

Powell was born in Norfolk, Virginia and grew up on Long Island. His father, Frank Coburn Powell, was a partner in a company that principally manufactured high quality phonograph turnables and cartridges. His mother, Madeline Shields Powell, was a catalog librarian. Both were from Indianapolis. Powell graduated from East Woods School (Oyster Bay, NY) and Millbrook School (Millbrook, NY) before entering the University of Chicago where he earned a B.A. in history. His professors included William H. McNeill (The Rise of the West), Donald F. Lach (Asia in the Making of Europe) and Earl J. Hamilton (War and Prices in Spain). As an editor of the student quarterly New Individualist Review, Powell helped publish articles by future Nobel Laureates F.A. Hayek, Milton Friedman and George J. Stigler. Other distinguished contributors included Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard and Yale Brozen. Powell worked as a researcher for future Nobel Laureate Ronald H. Coase. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, USA. It has an area of 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) and a population of 7. ... The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. ... The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ... Friedrich Hayek Friedrich August von Hayek (May 8, 1899 – March 23, 1992) was an economist and social scientist of the Austrian School, noted for his defense of free-market capitalism against a rising tide of socialist thought in the mid-20th century. ... Milton Friedman Milton Friedman (born July 31, 1912) is an American economist, known for his work on macroeconomics, microeconomics, economic history, statistics, and for his advocacy of laissez-faire capitalism. ... George Joseph Stigler (1911 - 1991) was a U.S. economist. ... Ludwig von Mises Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (September 29, 1881 – October 10, 1973) was a notable economist and a major influence on the modern libertarian movement. ... Murray Newton Rothbard Murray Newton Rothbard (March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was an American economist, historian and natural law theorist belonging to the Austrian School of Economics who helped define modern libertarianism and anarcho-capitalism. ... Ronald Coase (born December 29, 1910) is a British economist. ...

Powell started his career as a direct response advertising copywriter, doing the bulk of his work for financial services companies like J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch and GE Capital. In 1976, he began freelancing for Barron's. He subsequently expanded his range to include other business publications, then publications in the art market and general interest magazines. Writing for travel magazines took him to China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, India, Belgium, Switzerland and Dubai. John Pierpont Morgan (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913), American financier and banker, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, a son of Junius Spencer Morgan (1813–1890), who was a partner of George Peabody and the founder of the house of J. S. Morgan & Co. ... Merrill Lynch & Co. ... Categories: Companies traded on NYSE | General Electric subsidiaries | Corporation stubs ... Korea (Korean: (ì¡°ì„  or 한국, see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ... Coordinates: ) 25°16′N 55°20′E Emirate Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Area    - City 4,114 km² Population    - City (2006) 1,241,000[1]  - Density 293. ...

Powell's early books were about the art market, commercial real estate and Japanese finance. By the late 1980s, having learned something about techniques of popular presentation, Powell turned to a subject he had always loved -- the history of liberty. He built up a substantial personal library on the subject, with volumes going back to the 1600s. He has consulted research libraries across the country, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, University of Chicago and the University of California (Berkeley). His work has been noted for its lucid and lively, sometimes dramatic and poignant style.

Books

• Bully Boy, The Truth About Theodore Roosevelt's Legacy (Crown Forum/Random House, 2006)
• Wilson's War, How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, and World War II (Crown Forum/Random House, 2005)
• FDR's Folly, How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression (Crown Forum/Random House, 2003)
• The Triumph of Liberty, A 2,000-Year History Told Through The Lives of Freedom's Greatest Champions (Free Press, 2000). Foreword by Paul Johnson. Unabridged audio edition read by Jeffrey Riggenbach.
• Gnomes of Tokyo (Dodd, Mead, 1988).
• Risk, Ruin & Riches, Inside the World of Big-Time Real Estate (Macmillan, 1986)
• An Investor's Guide to Under-Valued Art & Antiques (Putnam, 1983).

Articles

• "Theodore Roosevelt, the Worst Big Government Conservative?," American Spectator Online, August 31, 2006
• "Theodore Roosevelt's Bad Suggestion," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 7, 2006
• “U.S. Has History Of Waging Wrong Wars,” FoxNews Online, June 1, 2005
• "FDR Made Depression Worse," History News Network, January 1, 2004
• "FDR Revisited, The New Deal Was No Cure-All," National Review Online, November 20, 2003
• “Tough Questions for Defenders of the New Deal,” Wall Street Journal, November 6, 2003
• “FDR Prolonged the Depression,” Providence Journal, September 1, 2003
• “Why has liberty flourished in the West?,” Cato Policy Report, September/October 2000
• “The Miracle of Liberty,” Washington Times, July 4, 2000
• "Edward Coke, Common Law Protection for Property," The Freeman, November 1997
• "Benjamin Constant, Liberty and Private Life," The Freeman, October 1997
• "Lafayette, Hero of Two Worlds," The Freeman, September 1997
• Ann Robert Jacques Turgot, Who First Put Laissez-Faire Principles In Action," The Freeman, August 1997
• "Robert A. Heinlein's Soaring Spirit of Liberty," The Freeman, July 1997
• "Frederic Bastiat, Ingenious Champion for Liberty and Peace," The Freeman," The Freeman, June 1997
• "Freeborn John Lilburne, Mighty Martyr for Liberty," The Freeman, May 1997
• "Benjamin Franklin, the Man Who Invented the American Dream," The Freeman, April 1997
• "Albert Jay Nock, Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism," The Freeman, March 1997
• "Frederic Douglass, Heroic Orator for Liberty," The Freeman, February 1997
• “Marcus Tullius Cicero, Who Gave Natural Law To The Modern World,” The Freeman, January 1997
• "William Ewart Gladstone's Great Campaigns for Peace and Freedom," The Freeman, December 1996
• “Raoul Wallenberg, Great Angel of Rescue,” The Freeman, November 1996
• "Thomas Babington Macaulay, Extraordinary Eloquence for Liberty," The Freeman, October 1996
• "Charles James Fox, Valiant Voice for Liberty," The Freeman, September 1996
• "John Locke -- Natural Rights to Life, Liberty and Property," The Freeman, August 1996
• "Alexis de Tocqueville -- How People Gain Liberty and Lose It," The Freeman, July 1996
• "Lord Action -- Political Power Corrupts," The Freeman, June 1996
• "Rose Wilder Lane, Isabel Paterson, and Ayn Rand -- Three Women Who Inspired the Modern Libertarian Movement," The Freeman, May 1996
• "Mary Wollstonecraft -- Equal Rights for Women," The Freeman, April 1996
• "James Madison -- Checks and Balances to Limit Government Power," The Freeman, March 1996
• "Victor Hugo, Liberty and Justice for All," The Freeman, February 1996
• "Thomas Paine, Passionate Pamphleteer for Liberty," The Freeman, January 1996
• "Ludwig van Beethoven's Joyous Affirmation of Human Freedom," The Freeman, December 1995
• “Maverick Mark Twain’s Exhilarating American Individualism,” The Freeman, November 1995
• "William Penn, America's First Great Champion of Peace," The Freeman, October 1995
• "H.L. Mencken, America's Wittiest Defender of Liberty." The Freeman, September 1995
• "Maria Montessori, Who Gave Children Everywhere Freedom To Achieve Independence," The Freeman, August 1995
• “Thomas Jefferson’s Sophisticated, Radical Vision of Liberty,” The Freeman, July 1995
• "Richard Cobden's Triumphant Crusade for Free Trade and Peace," The Freeman, June 2005
• "John Stuart Mill's Immortal Case for Toleration," The Freeman, May 1995
• "Herbert Spencer: Liberty and Unlimited Human Progress," The Freeman, April 1995
• "Adam Smith -- I had almost forgot that I was the author of the inquiry concerning The Wealth of Nations," The Freeman, March 1995
• "The Education of Thomas Edison," The Freeman,February 1995
• “New ideas about smarts stand logic on its head,” Insight, October 31, 1994
• “Why housing investors are brave – or foolish,” Wall Street Journal, August 18, 1994
• “Protect and Destroy, how high tariffs and trade restrictions hurt everyone everywhere: the lesson of Smoot-Hawley,” American Heritage/Audacity, Winter 1993
• “Markets, the most powerful stimulus to progress,” Cato Policy Report, September/October 1992
• “Are the Japanese burrowing from without?,” Wall Street Journal, February 24, 1992
• “Custody in Europe, A Progress Report,” Global Finance, January 1991
• "Why trade retaliation closes markets and impoverishes people," Cato Institute Policy Analysis, November 30, 1990)
• “Who owns the U.S. and does it matter?,” World Monitor, June 1990
• “Forget the crowbar, what’s the best way to open markets overseas? Keep those imports coming,” Reason, March 1990
• “Foreign investment helps the U.S.,” Crain’s New York Business, November 13, 1989
• “Why foreign investment is good for us,” Corporate Board, September/October 1989
• “Don’t restrict free capital flows into the US,” Roll Call, July 20, 1989
• “Super 301, the Economic Equivalent of Civilian Bombing,” Wall Street Journal, May 30, 1989
• “Financial Meltdown,” World Trade, Winter 1989
• “Does foreign investment mean a loss of control? Not at all!,” Chicago Tribune, October 28, 1988
• “Steel Import Restraints -- Flood Markets with Choice,” New York Times Sunday Financial Section, August 7, 1988
• “Consumers, industries are losers under policy of U.S. trade retaliation,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 24, 1988
• “Indulging in Hong Kong,” Travel/Holiday, February 1986
• “20th century American watercolors,” House Beautiful, January 1986
• “Renaissance in the farmer’s markets,” Bon Appetit, May 1985
• “Louisiana’s oil millionaires,” Town & Country, November 1984
• “Maryland’s Eastern Shore,” House Beautiful, September 1984
• “25 plants that thrive in the shade,” Good Housekeeping, May 1984
• “Old fashioned roses,” Family Circle, February 1984
• “America’s seed families,” Town & Country, February 1984
• “The IBM PC,” Money Guide to Personal Computers, 1984
• “Valley of flowers,” Geo, December 1983
• “Risky business, theatrical insurance can offer protection for any calamity behind the curtain,” Horizon, November/December 1983
• “Cycloramas, fantasy in the round,” Americana, November 1983
• “Working on wood,” Esquire, March 1983
• “Art: L’Amour in Sculpture,” Architectural Digest, November 1982
• “How much should you pay for your personal computer?,” Personal Computing, October 1982
• “Texans on Broadway,” Ultra, September 1982
• “Pecans out of the shell,” Saturday Evening Post, September 1982
• “How to size up key people,” Savvy, July 1982
• “Smart money, a masterful portfolio,” Esquire, June 1982
• “Selling Collectibles for Profit,” Barron’s, March 15, 1982
• “From Florida’s oranges, they’ve squeezed millions,” New York Times Sunday Financial Section, November 8, 1981
• “Auctioneer William Doyle talks to Jim Powell,” Connoisseur, August 1981
• “Art sale of the century,” Christian Science Monitor, April 23, 1980
• “Goldhirsch, a publishing phenomenon,” New York Times Sunday Financial Section, December 2, 1979
• “Madison Avenue’s Rosser Reeves,” New York Times Sunday Financial Section, October 21, 1979
• “Silver, our mightiest germ fighter,” Science Digest, March 1978
• “Superseeds to the rescue,” Science Digest, May 1977
• “Shedding fresh light, optical communications may be the wave of the future,” Barron’s, October 11, 1976
• “Anti-Militarism and Laissez Faire,” New Individualist Review, Spring 1967

References

• About Jim Powell
• Cato Institute Biography

1. ^ Cato Institute Resume for Powell
2. ^ New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Christian Science Monitor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Global Finance, Institutional Investor, Bottom Line, Americana, Esquire, American Heritage/Audacity, Town & Country, Architectural Digest, Connoisseur, House Beautiful, [[Travel/Holiday], Saturday Evening Post, American Enterprise, Liberty, Reason, The Freeman, FoxNews Online and other publications.
3. ^ Talks given in Britain, Germany, Japan, Argentina and Brazil.