Veronique de Rugy is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a nationally syndicated columnist.
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Apr 17, 2025An innovative ecosystem relies on market-driven capital formation, fast scaling, and wide and ready access to inputs—all of which are undermined by the policies many Republicans... -
Apr 3, 2025Lower income families will suffer the most. -
Mar 28, 2025Our manufacturing output, even adjusted for inflation, is near all time highs. -
Mar 14, 2025Deficit spending, protectionism, corporate tax hikes, interest-rate caps, and public-sector union support are dead end policies. -
Feb 28, 2025Tariffs and the so-called DOGE dividend could easily deliver the opposite of what Americans wanted when they voted for Trump. -
Feb 14, 2025Even if the Department of Government Efficiency eliminates all improper payments and fraud, we'll still be facing a debt explosion—which requires structural reform. -
Feb 12, 2025It’s time for the steel industry and the government to get a divorce. -
Feb 6, 2025The fate of President Donald Trump's ambitious economic policy plans will be determined by the people he appoints to critical positions. -
Jan 31, 2025Trump's anti-trade policies run the risk of choking off the growth he's trying to promote. -
Jan 17, 2025The Federal Reserve's premature victory lap over inflation reveals a worrisome misunderstanding of the predicament we still find ourselves in. -
Jan 10, 2025The arrival of a new presidential administration invokes new beginnings and a break from the past. Still, realities from previous administrations remain, -
Jan 3, 2025You can say what you want about Elon Musk, but he is able to pinpoint in a single tweet some of the most dysfunctional aspects of our federal government.
