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Media Highlights TV • August 29, 2021 

# Benjamin Powell discusses his co-written book, *Wretched Refuse? The Political Economy of Immigration and Institutions*, on C‑SPAN 2’s *Book TV*

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##### Benjamin Powell 

Director of Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University and Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute

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##### [Alex Nowrasteh](/people/alex-nowrasteh)

Senior Vice President for Policy, Cato Institute

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