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Richard K. Vedder is professor of economics at Ohio University.

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Here’s a simple quiz:

For a mayor running for reelection, which situation would cause the most worry?

This segment of “This American Life” is act

While the real world has switched from defined benefit pension plans to defined contribution plans (e.g.

Leonard Read’s classic “I, Pencil” is a staple of introductory economics classes the world over.

In 1998 Paul Krugman declared “It’s Baaack” in a silly article heralding the return of the Keynesian liquidity trap, a chimera th

Four years after housing prices peaked the number of foreclosures

I’ve disagreed before with J.

State court judges in New York a