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Richard K. Vedder

Richard K. Vedder

Richard K. Vedder is a senior fellow at the Independent Institute, Oakland, California; distinguished professor of economics emeritus at Ohio University; and author of the book “Let Colleges Fail: The Power of Creative Destruction in Higher Education.”
by | Jan 2, 2026

Our nation, arising out of the American Revolution, was blessed with a disproportionate number of leaders with extraordinary accomplishments in…

by | Dec 1, 2025

I recently passed my 85th birthday, having been born on a now constitutionally prohibited event in American history (the Election…

by | Nov 20, 2025

Some things never change: despite radical growth in technologically driven material abundance, humans today fundamentally exhibit the same characteristics of…

by | Oct 30, 2025

The highly progressive left-wing dominance on most college campuses has turned off not only the Trump administration but large portions…

by | Oct 16, 2025

Just as airlines reward high spending customers with perks such as flight upgrades and special airport lounges, so the Trump…

by | Sep 19, 2025

It is universally acknowledged that American higher education is in trouble. Enrollment is lower than 15 years ago, college campuses…

by | Aug 4, 2025

A couple of weeks ago, Steve Moore and I revealed in this space that Census Bureau data shows that native-born…

by and | Jul 22, 2025

While the Big Beautiful budget bill recently enacted into law has a multiplicity of good, bad, and benign features, the…

by | Jun 28, 2025

Aside from war threats in the Middle East, the two biggest domestic public policy challenges in the early summer of…

by | Jun 5, 2025

American faith in its colleges and universities has undergone a sharp decline, manifested in a spectacular fashion at the national…

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