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.
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Critic of Congress Tax Bill – It’s a ‘Monstrosity' | CBC News
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Stars, Stripes, and Spending | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)
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One Big, Beautiful Disaster | Creators Syndicate
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Subsidies in, Reforms out: Washington at Its Worst | National Review “The Corner”
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Magical Thinking at the CEA | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)
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Social Security and Medicare’s Trustees Have Spoken – Will Pols Listen Before the Cuts Hit? | Creators Syndicate
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Stop Saying We Need To “Pay for the Tax Cuts” – We Need To Pay for the Spending, Not Tax Cuts | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)
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SNAP Waste & Fraud: A Conversation with Keith Hall

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Restoring Accountability to SNAP | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)
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Is ‘Common Sense’ a Legal Standard? If So, Anything Goes | Creators Syndicate
Latest Work
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Critic of Congress Tax Bill – It’s a ‘Monstrosity' | CBC News
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Stars, Stripes, and Spending | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
One Big, Beautiful Disaster | Creators Syndicate
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Subsidies in, Reforms out: Washington at Its Worst | National Review “The Corner”
- | Government Spending Government Spending
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Magical Thinking at the CEA | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)
- | Government Spending Government Spending
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Social Security and Medicare’s Trustees Have Spoken – Will Pols Listen Before the Cuts Hit? | Creators Syndicate
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Stop Saying We Need To “Pay for the Tax Cuts” – We Need To Pay for the Spending, Not Tax Cuts | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Mercatus Policy Download Mercatus Policy Download
SNAP Waste & Fraud: A Conversation with Keith Hall

- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Restoring Accountability to SNAP | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)
- | Government Spending Government Spending
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