VERONIQUE de RUGY

VERONIQUE de RUGY

Washington, D.C.
Veronique de Rugy is a columnist for The New York Sun.

Veronique de Rugy is the George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and a senior…

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Is America’s Middle Class ‘Shrinking’ or ‘Struggling’? The Difference Matters

Claims of a ‘hollowed-out’ center are difficult to square with data showing an overwhelmingly upward directional movement.

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Fraud Concerns Raised in Minnesota Welfare Scandal Go Beyond the North Star State

The outrage is justified because Americans are getting a look at what happens when pushing public money out the door matters more than verifying the eligibility of the recipients.

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Beware of Moral Posturing by the Wealthiest Americans, Like Mitt Romney, Offering To Pay More in Taxes 

If the rich genuinely believe they should contribute more, they are free to do so today. The Treasury accepts voluntary payments. 

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A Christmas Wish for Supply-Side Economic Policies To Restore the Roots of America’s Generosity

After decades of slowed productivity growth, many Americans — especially younger ones — no longer feel confident their work will be rewarded or that the future will be more abundant than the past.

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Entitlement Spending’s Wealth Transfers to Older Americans Fueling Malaise of Generation Z and Millennials

Social insurance programs are compatible with a basic safety net, but what we have now is a slow-motion generational fleecing.

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Trump and Mamdani Are Latest Example of Left and Right Converging on Economic Issues

One likes price floors, the other likes rent control. They’re both waging the same ‘war on prices,’ as one analyst puts it.

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