August 9, 2011—Set your DVR’s or tune in live for Independent Institute Senior Fellow Benjamin Powell�as he joins Judge Andrew Napolitano’s�Freedom Watch�on Fox Business Network (FBN), on Tuesday, August 16th.�This is an updated schedule change for his previously arranged appearance of Tuesday, August 9th.

Freedom Watch�will air on FBN live,�Tuesday, August 16th at 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. ET, 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. PT.

Dr. Powell is the author of more than 50 scholarly studies and the editor of the books,�Housing America: Building Out of a Crisis�and�Making Poor Nations Rich: Entrepreneurship and the Process of Economic 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,�Eastern Economic Journal,�Comparative Economic Studies,�Human Rights Quarterly,�Journal of Labor Research,�Cato Journal, Florida State University Law Review,�Review of Austrian Economics�and�Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics.

He has appeared on shows such as FBN’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” “The Situation with Tucker Carlson” on MSNBC, CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” and he 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. Dr. Powell’s popular articles have appeared in numerous publications, 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.

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