Veronique de Rugy
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George Gibbs Chair in Political EconomySenior Research Fellow
Veronique de Rugy is the George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a nationally syndicated columnist. Her primary research interests include the US economy, the federal budget, taxation, tax competition, and cronyism. Her popular weekly columns address economic issues ranging from lessons on creating sustainable economic growth to the implications of government tax and fiscal policies. She has testified numerous times in front of Congress on the effects of fiscal stimulus, debt and deficits, and regulation on the economy.
De Rugy is the author of a weekly opinion column for the Creators Syndicate, writes regular columns for Reason magazine, and she blogs about economics at National Review Online’s The Corner. Her charts, articles, and commentary have been featured in a wide range of media outlets, including the Reality Check segment on Bloomberg Television’s Street Smart, the New York Times’ Room for Debate, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, CNN International, Stossel, 20/20, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, and Fox News. In 2015, she was named in Politico Magazine's Guide to the Top 50 thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American Politics.
Previously, de Rugy has been a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute, and a research fellow at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation. Before moving to the United States, she oversaw academic programs in France for the Institute for Humane Studies Europe. She received her MA in economics from the Paris Dauphine University and her PhD in economics from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
Latest Work
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The Plan That Can End All Freight Trains by 2035 | CBS Radio
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Stop the 'Emergency Spending' Charade Already | Creators Syndicate
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Is America’s Deficit Due To Under-taxing or Overspending? | Lars Larson Show
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Inflation, Taxes and Uncontrolled Spending | CBS Radio
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Tax Time Myths and Truths | Creators Syndicate
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The Federal Debt Is Trillions More Than the $34 Trillion the Media Tells Us Is Owed | WTIC radio’s “The Todd Feinburg Show”
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Fiscal Norms That the US Has Jettisoned | CBS Radio
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America’s Fiscal Ethos: From Alexander Hamilton’s Day to Our Own | Creators Syndicate
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Are We in Danger of Even Worse Inflation as We Come up on Tax Day? | Lars Larson Show
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Secretary Yellen Should Talk to the White House Economists | National Review
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- | Government Spending Government Spending
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The Plan That Can End All Freight Trains by 2035 | CBS Radio
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Stop the 'Emergency Spending' Charade Already | Creators Syndicate
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Is America’s Deficit Due To Under-taxing or Overspending? | Lars Larson Show
- | Government Spending Government Spending
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Inflation, Taxes and Uncontrolled Spending | CBS Radio
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Tax Time Myths and Truths | Creators Syndicate
- | Government Spending Government Spending
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America’s Fiscal Ethos: From Alexander Hamilton’s Day to Our Own | Creators Syndicate
- | Government Spending Government Spending
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Are We in Danger of Even Worse Inflation as We Come up on Tax Day? | Lars Larson Show
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The Federal Debt Is Trillions More Than the $34 Trillion the Media Tells Us Is Owed | WTIC radio’s “The Todd Feinburg Show”
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Fiscal Norms That the US Has Jettisoned | CBS Radio
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Secretary Yellen Should Talk to the White House Economists | National Review
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The Economic Case against a Second Airline Payroll Bailout
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Flattening the Debt Curve: Empirical Lessons for Fiscal Consolidation
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Ex-Im Favors High-Income Nations When Choosing What Exports to Support
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The Difficult Path to State Bankruptcy
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No More State and Local Government Bailouts
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Debt and Growth: A Decade of Studies
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Corporate Welfare: Beyond the Budgetary Cost
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The Case against Bailing Out the Airline Industry
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Fiscal Norms That the US Has Jettisoned | CBS Radio
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The Biden Admin and Sec. Yellen’s Handling of the US Economy | WCBM radio’s “The Morning Drive with Casey and Elliott”
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Changes To Measuring Inflation Rate | KVOI radio’s “WakeUp! Tucson with Chris DeSimone”
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Federal Subsidies To Revive Manufacturing Are Ineffective Welfare for the Already Prosperous | CBS Radio
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Changes in How We Compute Inflation | KABC radio’s “The Frank Mottek News Hour”
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Industrial Policy in the Form of Corporate Welfare Isn’t Going To Improve Our Economy | KSL-AM’s “Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson”
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Even Though the Economy Is Supposed To Be Doing Well, Why Are Americans So Upset? | Lars Larson Show
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The Millennials Feel Poor and Are the Richest | CBS Radio
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The Public Perception of Suffocating Inflation Is Not Wrong | CBS Radio
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Both Presidential Candidates Say No to Ally Japan’s Money for US Steel | CBS Radio
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Now Is the Time to Revisit the 50-Year Relationship Between the Ex-Im Bank and PEFCO
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Congress Should Reflect on Past Financial Relief Before Providing More
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Occupational Licensing on Childcare
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Reforming Additionality at the Export-Import Bank
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Policy Disincentives in Maintaining Labor Force Attachment
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Comments on the Ex-Im Bank's Proposed Additionality Criteria
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Comments on the Ex-Im Bank's Current Economic Impact Procedures
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Comments on the Ex-Im Bank's Proposed Additionality Criteria
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Change the Trajectory of Debt
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Risky Business: The DOE Loan Guarantee Program
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Washington's 'Job Creation' Circus Is Hitting the Road | Creators Syndicate
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Industrial Policy ‘Done Right’ Won’t Fix What Ails the US | National Review
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Americans Can Tell the Difference Between Rosy Economic Data and Reality | Creators Syndicate
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Industrial Policy and Electoral Politics | National Review
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US Steel-Nippon Steel: A Global Deal for American Prosperity | Creators Syndicate
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An Alternative To Doing Nothing About Foreign Subsidies | National Review
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The Political Right Has Luxury Beliefs, Too | Reason
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Biden's Corporate Tax Hike: Populism Versus Economic Literacy | Creators Syndicate
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Get Ready for Massive Budget Fights | National Review
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