Strategic Objectives Workshop

Making Poor Nations Rich — January 2011

Dr. Benjamin W. Powell

Entrepreneurship, property rights and economic freedom are making some nations rich while others are mired in poverty and despair because of repressive political, economic and religious traditions. Suffolk University Economics Professor Benjamin W. Powell will explain. Dr. Powell earned his Ph.D. at George Mason University, is the author of 30 scholarly articles and policy studies and two books. His research has been reported in over 100 articles in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and similar publications.