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Veronique de Rugy

Senior Research Fellow
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
vdereugy@gmu.edu
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Veronique de Rugy, Ph.D., is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a monthly columnist for Reason magazine.
Contributions
- The Facts About Spending Cuts, the Debt, and the GDP
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
July 29, 2011 - The Facts About the Debt Ceiling
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
July 18, 2011 - The Red/Blue Paradox
Why do liberal states give while conservative states take?
Veronique de Rugy
July 14, 2011 - The Facts About Stimulus Spending
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
July 8, 2011 - The Facts about American Prisons
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
June 24, 2011 - The Facts about Transportation Spending
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
June 17, 2011 - The Facts about the Alternative Minimum Tax
Separating economic myths from economic realities
Veronique de Rugy
June 10, 2011 - Prison Math
What are the costs and benefits of leading the world in locking up human beings?
Veronique de Rugy
June 8, 2011 - The Facts about the Government’s Medicare Cost Projections
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
June 3, 2011 - The Facts About Taxes and Spending
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
May 27, 2011 - The Facts About Social Security
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
May 20, 2011 - The Facts About Gold
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
May 16, 2011 - Ugly Modeling
Will spending cuts ruin or improve America’s economy?
Veronique de Rugy
May 10, 2011 - The Facts About the Corporate Income Tax
Separating economic myths from economic truths.
Veronique de Rugy
May 6, 2011 - The Truth About Taxes and Redistribution
Do the rich pay their fair share?
Veronique de Rugy
April 22, 2011 - The Truth About Health Care Reform and the Economy
Separating economic fact from economic myth
Veronique de Rugy
April 15, 2011 - A Bankrupt Option
States should not be allowed to file for bankruptcy.
Veronique de Rugy
April 12, 2011 - The Truth About Spending Cuts
Separating economic myth from economic fact
Veronique de Rugy
April 8, 2011 - Paul Ryan's Budget Plan: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Nick Gillespie and Veronique de Rugy
April 6, 2011 - The Truth About Deficits and the Debt
America needs to cut spending now.
Veronique de Rugy
April 1, 2011 - The Truth About Nuclear Power
Separating economic myth from economic fact
Veronique de Rugy
March 25, 2011 - The Truth About Hedge Funds and the Financial Crisis
Separating economic fact from economic myth
Veronique de Rugy
March 18, 2011 - The Truth About the State Pension Crisis
Separating economic myth from economic fact
Veronique de Rugy
March 11, 2011 - The State Pension Time Bomb
Poor accounting rules and flagrant irresponsibility have sped up the states’ day of reckoning.
Veronique de Rugy
March 8, 2011 - The Truth About Fannie and Freddie’s Role in the Housing Crisis
Separating economic myth from economic fact
Veronique de Rugy
March 4, 2011 - The Truth About Obama's 2012 Budget
Separating economic myth from economic fact
Veronique de Rugy
February 25, 2011 - Losing the Brains Race
America is spending more money on education while producing worse outcomes.
Veronique de Rugy
February 22, 2011 - The Truth About Housing Prices
Separating economic fact from economic myth
Veronique de Rugy
February 18, 2011 - The 19 Percent Solution
How to balance the budget without increasing taxes
Veronique de Rugy and Nick Gillespie
February 14, 2011 - Is There a Global Food Crisis?
Prices are rising, but that’s not the whole story.
Veronique de Rugy
February 11, 2011 - The Truth About the Debt Ceiling
Separating economic fact from economic myth
Veronique de Rugy
February 3, 2011 - We Can’t Win the Future By Repeating the Past
Obama's uninspired State of the Union Address
Nick Gillespie and Veronique de Rugy
January 26, 2011 - Can We Trust Republicans on Spending?
GOP’s fiscal track record and campaign promises should give us pause
Veronique de Rugy
January 13, 2011 - The Municipal Debt Bubble
As cities and states boost their debts by 800 percent, a housing-like crisis looms.
Veronique de Rugy
December 14, 2010 - How to Balance the Budget Without Raising Taxes
The 19 Percent Solution
Nick Gillespie and Veronique de Rugy
December 5, 2010 - Stimulus: Still Not Working!
Unbelievably, the administration and its allies keep insisting that a failed policy was a success.
Veronique de Rugy
November 16, 2010 - Reach for the Low-Hanging Fruit
It's time to reform Social Security
Veronique de Rugy and Jakina Debnam
November 12, 2010 - Does ObamaCare Reduce Health Care Spending?
The short answer is no.
Veronique de Rugy
November 5, 2010 - The Small Business Myth
When the government tries to help small businesses, it hurts businesses (and taxpayers) of all sizes.
Veronique de Rugy
October 19, 2010 - Austerity Agonistes
Why left-wing economists’ warnings against austerity programs are wrong
Veronique de Rugy
September 20, 2010 - Spending Can Be Cut
Politicians who tell you democracies can’t slash spending are lying.
Veronique de Rugy
July 14, 2010 - Our Unsustainable Debt
America is on the verge of financial disaster.
Veronique de Rugy
May 11, 2010 - Budgetary Three-Card Monte
War spending aside, federal budget shenanigans continue.
Veronique de Rugy
May 4, 2010 - The Death of Fiscal Federalism
It’s been a long time since economic policy was forged in the states
Veronique de Rugy
March 17, 2010 - The Wrong Policy at the Wrong Time
The problem with the Value-Added Tax
Veronique de Rugy
March 4, 2010 - Congress’ Phony Price Tags
Legislators have a lousy track record of keeping costs anywhere near their initial projections.
Veronique de Rugy
February 16, 2010 - All the President's Budget Assumptions
The 2011 budget contains more rosy scenarios than a romance novel.
Veronique de Rugy
February 4, 2010 - Who Wants to Tax a Millionaire?
The “millionaire’s tax” will affect more people than you think.
Veronique de Rugy
January 13, 2010 - Have a Coke and a Tax
The economic case against soda taxes
Veronique de Rugy
December 14, 2009 - Did the Stimulus Create Jobs?
The government's own job creation data reveal the dangers of a second stimulus
Veronique de Rugy
December 11, 2009
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