Jim Powell is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington DC and is an expert in the history of liberty. He has lectured in England, Germany, Japan, Argentina and Brazil as well as at Harvard, Stanford and other universities across the United States. He has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Esquire, Audacity/American Heritage and other publications. He is the author of several books, including The Triumph of Liberty, A 2,000 Year History Told Through The Lives Of Freedom's Greatest Champions (Free Press, 2000). His most recent book is Greatest Emancipations: How the West Abolished Slavery (2008). http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JimPowell http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JimPowell TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:01:00 GMT Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ President Obama's New New Deal of massive government intervention was inspired by FDR's New Deal, and both have been plagued by chronic high unemployment. In her recent New York Times column, Christina Romer noted... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JimPowell/2011/08/18/fdrs_new_deal,_obamas_new_new_deal__and_high_unemployment 504b0423-8ec1-498a-b3a9-4e55a1026dd8 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:01:00 GMT A whiff of protectionism is in the air. Battered by the recession, many Americans are beginning to blame some of their woes on foreigners. There's talk that the federal government ought to take action against Chinese,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JimPowell/2010/10/27/blockading_with_trade_restrictions 462c25f2-8cd4-40a9-9100-ba8b6bcd3cba Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:20:00 GMT Runaway federal spending isn't likely to be brought under control as long as the major entitlements - Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid - remain out of control. The number of entitlement beneficiaries is growing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JimPowell/2010/08/08/what_would_it_take_to_cut_government_spending 12b155af-7fef-4bd5-af65-b4dd24ca83d1 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 04:01:00 GMT