The Vatter Memorial Lecuture was established in 2006 to honor the memory of Harold Goodhue Vatter. Vatter was a pioneer of New Economic History. By integrating economic theory with history, Vatter achieved a level of thinking at par with the greats. He taught at several Universities, including University of Chicago, before coming to Portland State University in 1965. He taught at PSU until retirement and passed away in 1998 at the age of 89.
2008 Jagdish Bhagwati "Trade Policy at Risk: How President Obama Should Confront Protectionism" [Video]
2007 Douglass C. North "The Natural State or Why Economic Development is so Difficult to Achieve"
2006 L. Randall Wray "Demand Constraints, Secular Stagnation, and Big Government: the contributions of Harold G. Vatter"
