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Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted in a Heartland Institute article on “Maine Lawmaker Proposes Workplace Freedom Bill.” A Maine lawmaker is sponsoring a bill to prohibit requiring union membership as a condition of employment […]

In an article on “Upcredentialing”: Jobs Report Shows Limited Career Options for Workers Without a Bachelor’s Degree, author Terri Williams quotes Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University. “Upcredentialing” may not be a familiar term among the […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, penned an article on “Fleeing Leviathan” on March 30 at Forbes: My good friend Wendell Cox has sent me his analysis of recent Census Bureau data on population movements in […]

“By any objective measure, our system of federal student financial assistance for college students has been an unmitigated disaster, Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, who posits a “income share” or “human capital contract” concept in […]

Dr. Roberto Duncan, Professor of Economics at Ohio University, published a guest column on “1997: The Relevant Threshold in the US Current Account” at Econbrowser on Feb. 24. In spite of the current account reversals observed in advanced countries, global imbalances are still a matter of concern (IMF, 2014). Probably, […]

Dr. Roberto Duncan, Professor of Economics at Ohio University, published a working paper on “A Threshold Model of the US Current Account” in October 2014. The study was for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute Abstract: What drives U.S. current account imbalances? Is there solid […]

“Walmart has been attacked over the years as being uncaring and tactless,” says Dr. Richard Vedder, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a Mother Jones article on Walmart raising its minimum wage. “This is a chance to win some points with the American public. By waging their raises […]