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Richard K. Vedder is an American economist, historian, author, columnist, and currently distinguished professor of economics emeritus at Ohio University and senior fellow at The Independent Institute. ==Biography== Born in 1940, Vedder earned his B.A. in economics at Northwestern University in 1962 and his Ph.D in economics at the University of Illinois in 1965. He has since studied U.S. economic history, particularly as it relates to public policy. Some of his specific research has involved American immigration, economic issues in American education, and the interrelationship between labor and capital markets.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ohio University – Department of Economics – Richard Vedder )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AEI – Going Broke by Degree )〕 Vedder serves as an Adjunct Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a think tank known for mostly libertarian and conservative perspectives. He has served as an economist with Congress' Joint Economic Committee. In his role with the AEI, he later testified before the Committee on October 30, 2008.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AEI – Speeches – Testimony before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress )〕 He is also director of the ''Center for College Affordability and Productivity''〔(Center for College Affordability and Productivity )〕 in Washington, D.C.〔 Vedder's scholarly writings have appeared in journals such as ''Explorations in Economic History'', ''The Journal of Economic History'', and ''Agricultural History''. He has written over two hundred such scholarly articles. Vedder's popular interest writings have appeared in ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''USA Today'', ''Investor's Business Daily'', and the ''Christian Science Monitor''.〔 He has published the books ''The American Economy in Historical Perspective, Unemployment and Government in Twentieth-Century America'' (with Lowell Gallaway), ''Can Teachers Own Their Own Schools?'', ''Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much'',〔 and ''The Wal-Mart Revolution: How Big-Box Stores Benefit Consumers, Workers, and the Economy'' (with Wendell Cox).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AEI – The Wal-Mart Revolution )〕 Vedder is married to Karen Vedder, to whom he dedicated the book ''The Wal-Mart Revolution''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Vedder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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