Veronique de Rugy, Author at The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
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Veronique de Rugy

Veronique de Rugy is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
by | Apr 1, 2026

The World Bank recently published a 276-page report supporting the idea that industrial policy belongs “in the national policy toolkit…

by | Mar 25, 2026

Whatever you think of the war in Iran, there’s a separate question — independent of the military merits — that…

by | Mar 18, 2026

I try to be fair to people I disagree with. Emmanuel Saez — the famous UC Berkeley economist who’s considered…

by | Mar 4, 2026

America’s health care system consistently ranks as the most expensive in the developed world. It’s not, as some politicians claim,…

by | Feb 18, 2026

Despite what progressives have been arguing lately, the United States does not have a tax problem. Federal revenues, even after…

by | Feb 11, 2026

Your representatives may finally grab the feared “third rail” of U.S. politics. When the Social Security and Medicare trust funds…

by | Feb 4, 2026

When government grows to dominate ever-larger shares of the economy, and when politicians refuse to be responsible about what they…

by | Jan 30, 2026

Industrial policy is failing, and not just in Washington. Across America, officials promise to engineer the right economic outcomes by…

by | Jan 14, 2026

“The middle class is shrinking” might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify…

by | Jan 7, 2026

Growing national outrage over Minnesota’s welfare fraud is justified, but not because of where it took place or because it…

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