About the Author

Richard Kent Vedder is a professor in the department of economics at Ohio University. His op-ed pieces have appeared in such papers as the Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, Washington Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Christian Science Monitor. Vedder has written several books including The American Economy in Historical Perspective (Wadsworth, 1976) and Out of Work: Unemployment and Government in Twentieth-Century America (coauthored with Lowell Gallaway) (New York University Press, updated edition 1997).