Lubbock Liberty
Contact: Brian Thornton
Cell Phone: (806) 787-8339
Email: brian.thornton@ttu.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Lubbock Liberty Hosts FMI Director Ben Powell
By Brian Thornton
March 25, 2014
Lubbock, TX – MEMEBERS of the Lubbock County Republican Party are set to host
the Director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech, Dr. Ben Powell. Powell will give
a presentation on his newest book, Out of Poverty: Sweatshops in the Global Economy.
The event will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 29th at
Patterson Library, located at 1836 Parkway Drive. The event will be co-hosted by the
Texas Tech chapter of Young Americans for Liberty.
Powell is Director of The Free Market Institute at Texas Tech, which was founded in
order to facilitate the teaching and researching of the virtues of free market economics.
The FMI also engages in external outreach to the public and communities outside of
Texas Tech.
In addition to his role as FMI Director, Powell is the North American Editor of the
Review of Austrian Economics, and his research findings have been reported in the Wall
Street Journal and New York Times. He is also a regular contributor to Fox Business’
Freedom Watch, Stossel, and The Independents.
In his newest book Out of Poverty, Powell uses economic theory in arguing that much of
what the anti-sweatshop movement has agitated for would actually harm the very workers
they intend to help by creating less desirable alternatives and undermining the process of
development.
On Saturday, Powell will give a presentation about his findings in Out of Poverty, and
will take questions from the audience.
Lubbock Liberty organizer, Brian Thornton said, “we are thrilled to have such a
distinguished guest speaking to the power of the free market in improving lives around
the world.”
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For more information or to schedule an interview with Brian Thornton, please call (806)
787-8339 or e-mail at brian.thornton@ttu.edu.