Jim Powell (historian)

Jim Powell

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Jim Powell is Senior Fellow at a libertarian think tank, the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., with which he has been associated since 1988. He has also done work 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. Powell is a published author, writing several books on the unintended consequences of presidential policies, including FDR's Folly, a critical look on Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policies. He has also given talks at American universities such as Harvard and Stanford, as well as internationally. Born in Norfolk, Virginia and growing up on Long Island, Powell attended the University of Chicago where he earned a B.A. in history. As an editor of the student quarterly New Individualist Review, helping publish articles by several future Nobel Laureates. Powell also worked as a researcher for future Nobel Laureate Ronald H. Coase. In 1976, Powell began to publish his writings, with early books primarily focused on topics about the art market, commercial real estate, and Japanese finance. By the late 1980s, he began to author books on libertarian issues. Powell has been a part of multiple libertarian Think Tanks, including Cato Institute.

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Things We Nearly Knew
Representative edition published 2019
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Yeni Baslayanlar Icin Dogu Felsefesi
Representative edition published 2019
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The Poetry of Sappho
Representative edition published 2019
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Trading Futures
Representative edition published 2017
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Dirt Matters
Representative edition published 2013
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Deconstruction For Beginners
Representative edition published 2008
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FDR's Folly
Representative edition published 2008
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Bully Boy
Representative edition published 2007
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Derrida For Beginners
Representative edition published 2007
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Postmodernism For Beginners
Representative edition published 2007
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Eastern Philosophy For Beginners
Representative edition published 2007
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Derrida Para Principiantes
Representative edition published 2004
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The Triumph of Liberty
Representative edition published 2002
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The gnomes of Tokyo
Representative edition published 1989
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It Was Fever That Made The World
Representative edition published 1989
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The gnomes of Tokyo
Representative edition published 1989
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Risk, ruin & riches
Representative edition published 1986
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The investor's guide to undervalued art & antiques
Representative edition published 1983
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Work study
Representative edition published 1976
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War Shirt
Representative edition published 2023
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Spirit Ridge
Representative edition published 2021
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Losing the Thread
Representative edition published 2020
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Doody's Secret
Representative edition published 2019
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Bad Wing Crow
Representative edition published 2018
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