Economist Richard Vedder discusses his new book Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America , which diagnoses what’s wrong with higher education and how to fix it. For more information, see BobMurphyShow.com . The Bob Murphy Show is also available on iTunes , Stitcher , Spotify , and via RSS
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
Volume 3, No. 1 (Spring 2000) Persons with an Austrian perspective must evaluate the probability that an Austrian message will reduce their publication chances in mainstream journals. S ince historically the discrimination against Austrian scholarship has been high, a new Austrian academic infrastructure has emerged. We have a Dual Academy:
Volume 19, Number 1 (Spring 1999) An Interview With Richard K. Vedder Richard K. Vedder is professor of economics at Ohio University and an adjunct scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He is the author of Out of Work: Unemployment and Government in Twentieth-Century America and Poverty, Income Distribution and the Family, and Public Policy
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
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