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Richard Vedder studies higher education financing, labor economics, immigration, government fiscal policy and income inequality. A distinguished professor of economics at Ohio University, he is the author of several books, including The American Economy in Historical Perspective, Out of Work: Unemployment and Government in Twentieth-Century America (with Lowell Gallaway), Going Broke by Degree, and The Wal-Mart Revolution: How Big Box Stores Benefit Consumers, Workers, and the Economy (with Wendell Cox).
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Professional Experience
-Distinguished professor of economics, 1985-present; professor, 1974-1985; associate professor, 1969-1974; assistant professor, 1965-1969, Ohio University
-Secretary of Education’s National Commission on the Future of Higher Education, 2005-present
-Adjunct scholar, Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University, 1995-2001
-John M. Olin Visiting Professor of Labor Economics and Public Policy, Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University in St. Louis, 1995-96
-Economist, Joint Economic Committee of Congress, 1981-82
-Visiting Professor of Economics, Economics Institute, University of Colorado, 1979, 1980
-Visiting Lecturer in Economics, MARA Institute of Technology (Malaysia), 1978, 1993, 1995
-Graduate Assistant in Economics, University of Illinois, 1963-64
-Research Associate, Commission on Revenue, State of Illinois, 1962
Education
Ph.D., M.A., University of Illinois
B.A., Northwestern University
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| Labor issues |
| Income inequality |
| Higher education financing |
| Fiscal policy |
| Immigration |
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| National Research Initiative |
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| Contact Information |
Richard Vedder
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 740-593-2037
Fax: 740-593-0181
E-mail: RVedder@aei.org
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The Wal-Mart Revolution
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| The authors analyze the best available economic data and conclude that American consumers--particularly the less affluent--have benefited tremendously from Wal-Mart's "everyday low prices." [Read More] |
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