Richard Vedder ranks among the most prolific Austrian economists writing and teaching today. In this interview with the Austrian Economics Newsletter , Professor Vedder discusses his education, his scholarly research, and current economic conditions. Read the interview with Richard Vedder in the Spring 1999 Austrian Economics Newsletter
Richard Vedder, professor of economics at Ohio State University, teaches at the annual Mises University, an instructional seminar in the Austrian School for undergraduates and graduate students, sponsored by the Ludwig von Mises Institute. In this piece, Professor Vedder identifies some structural problems in conventional university settings, and
With the personal savings rate at historic lows, consider the comments of Richard Vedder , who offers an Austrian perspective on these data (from the Spring 1999 Austrian Economic Newsletter ): AEN : What do you make of the Commerce Department’s data showing historically low savings? VEDDER : It is true that the rise in equity prices have made
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