11 Facts About Richard Vedder

Richard Vedder is a professor emeritus of economics at Ohio University and senior fellow at The Independent Institute.

Richard Vedder earned his bachelor's in economics in 1962 from Northwestern University in 1962 and his Ph.

Richard Vedder has since studied US economic history, particularly as it relates to public policy.

Richard Vedder has served as an economist with Congress' Joint Economic Committee.

Richard Vedder is director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity in Washington, DC.

Richard Vedder wrote in his June 2004 book Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much that American universities have become less productive and less efficient in recent years as well as more likely to shift funds away their core mission of teaching.

Richard Vedder proposed as a broad solution moving state universities toward free market competition and privatization.

Richard Vedder specifically recommended as well that colleges expand distance learning, cut out non-educational programs, modify tenure, raise teaching loads, and reduce administrative staffs.

Richard Vedder further argued that communities with new Walmart stores have greater total employment and higher incomes.

Richard Vedder has written over two hundred such scholarly articles.

Richard Vedder's writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Investor's Business Daily, and the Christian Science Monitor.