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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 | Feb 7, 2025

The nation’s academic, political, and media elites often give the impression that nearly everything important in America comes out of…

by | Dec 17, 2024

All 13 presidents of the United States since Dwight D. Eisenhower have been college graduates. The years after high school…

by | Dec 12, 2024

One of the stronger arguments for public support of universities is that the creation of new knowledge improves the quality…

by | Oct 23, 2024

The two bitterly opposed presidential candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, have tacitly agreed on how to deal with our…

by | Oct 1, 2024

The probability that the human race will be drastically reduced in magnitude has risen meaningfully in modern times. As an…

by | Sep 30, 2024

Jimmy Carter today becomes the first American president to live to be 100 years old. Presidential scholars mostly consider Carter…

by | Sep 15, 2024

Data on the demographic composition of the college freshman class of 2028 are beginning to come in, the first to…

by | Aug 24, 2024

So-called “higher” education is supposed to be all about truth, beauty, and progress, achieved through learning and discovery. “Truths” are…

by | Aug 16, 2024

For more than half a century, I have been studying and writing about human migration, both internal (i.e., movement of…

by | Jul 15, 2024

Today’s college aged Americans are probably the first generation in American history that knows less about important consequential things than…

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