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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Inflation and a Special Guest Coming to Iowa | WHO radio’s “The Simon Conway Show”
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No Rate Cuts Called For With $10 Trillion Treasuries To Sell | CBS Radio
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Red Ink as Far as the Eye Can See | National Review
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The CFPB Is Putting Our Banking Arrangements at Risk | Creator Syndicate
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$10 Trillion in U.S. Government Bonds for Sale in 2024 | National Review
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Don’t Gut Private Savings to Save Social Security | National Review
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The Child Tax Credit Grows and Grows Without Common Sense | CBS Radio
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Why Keep Worrying About Debt? Speculation Versus Reality | Creators Syndicate
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Social Security Needs Fixing, Tax Increases on Savings Are Not the Solution
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About the CTC Disincentive To Work | National Review
Latest Work
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Inflation and a Special Guest Coming to Iowa | WHO radio’s “The Simon Conway Show”
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No Rate Cuts Called For With $10 Trillion Treasuries To Sell | CBS Radio
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Red Ink as Far as the Eye Can See | National Review
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The CFPB Is Putting Our Banking Arrangements at Risk | Creator Syndicate
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$10 Trillion in U.S. Government Bonds for Sale in 2024 | National Review
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Don’t Gut Private Savings to Save Social Security | National Review
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The Child Tax Credit Grows and Grows Without Common Sense | CBS Radio
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Why Keep Worrying About Debt? Speculation Versus Reality | Creators Syndicate
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About the CTC Disincentive To Work | National Review
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Social Security Needs Fixing, Tax Increases on Savings Are Not the Solution
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Some Measures of the Progressiveness of the U.S. Tax Code

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The US Debt in Perspective

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Student Loan Debt Increases by 281 Percent Over 10 Years

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Sugar Industry Spends Millions Seeking Government Privileges

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CBO Scoring of Farm Bills vs Actual Costs

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2013 Cost Projections for Medicare Programs

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Social Security and Medicare Programs Remain on Unsustainable Paths

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Austerity in Europe Does Not Mean Massive Spending Cuts

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US Corporate Income Tax Now the Highest Among Advanced Economies

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Renewable-Energy Subsidies and Electricity Generation

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Inflation | American Radio Journal
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Inflation is the American Rescue Plan | The John Batchelor Show
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Price Gouging | WHYN Radio (Massachusetts)
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The Recession Will be Painful | The John Batchelor Radio Show
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Greedflation | KSSZ-FM’s “Wake Up Columbia” (Missouri)
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How Banning Chinese Products Could Backfire for the US | Creators Syndicate
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Government Grows on Crisis | National Review's "The Corner"
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Farming Abundance | FA Substack
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The President's Budget Reveals the Real Priority: Tax Hikes | Creators Syndicate
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Biden’s Budget: Nearly Doubling the Debt in Ten Years | National Review's "The Corner"
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Welcome to the Age of Political Capitalism | Creators Syndicate
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