Oral History of Dr. Richard Vedder Conducted on February 21st 2025 By Gavin Combs
Transcript of Interview of Dr. Richard Vedder by Gavin Combs.
Interviewee
Vedder, Dr. Richard
Interviewer
Combs, Gavin
Interview Date
2-21-2025
Description
Dr. Richard Vedder discusses his history and his professorship at Ohio University, where he is a Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus with a scholarly focus on Economic History, Macroeconomics, and the Economics of Education. He is the Founding Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity located in Washington D.C. He also serves as an Adjunct Scholar for the American Enterprise Institute. He has also advised the U.S. Congress Joint Economics Committee as an economist and testified before them. He was also a fellow of the George W. Bush Institute.
This interview was conducted as part of a class project for Recording Memory: Methods and Uses of Oral History, Spring 2025, Alexander G. Lovelace (Ph.D.) Instructor
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Keywords
Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, Oral History, 2025
Disciplines
Oral History
Publication Date
Summer 8-8-2025
Interview Location
Athens, Ohio
Digital Publisher
Ohio University Libraries
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
01:58:29
File Format
audio/aac
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Vedder, Richard and Combs, Gavin, "Oral History of Dr. Richard Vedder Conducted on February 21st 2025 By Gavin Combs" (2025). HIST 4798/5798: Recording Memory: Methods and Uses of Oral History. 11.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/hist4798/11
Comments
The interview transcript has been provided by Gavin Combs.