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Veronique de Rugy

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Congress Rewards Mediocrity

Yesterday, the House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions...

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California's Billionaire Tax Won't Save Hospitals

wealth tax California's Billionaire Tax Won't Save Hospitals The state's funding crisis is driven by a third-party payment system...

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Fact vs. Fiction on Medicaid and the Wealth Tax

Fact vs. Fiction on Medicaid and the Wealth Tax

I try to be fair to people I disagree with. Emmanuel Saez — the famous UC Berkeley economist who's considered an architect of California's...

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Tax the Rich All You Want. It Won't Fix the Deficit.

Taxes Tax the Rich All You Want. It Won't Fix the Deficit. The problem is not that the government collects too little. It's that...

12.03.2026 4

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The Tax Loophole That Made U.S. Health Care Unaffordable

Health Care The Tax Loophole That Made U.S. Health Care Unaffordable The employer insurance exclusion has chained workers to their...

05.03.2026 3

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Why Healthcare Is So Expensive in America, and What to Do About It

America's healthcare system consistently ranks as the most expensive in the developed world. It's not, as some politicians claim, expensive...

04.03.2026 5

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The Tariffs Are Gone for Now — Don’t Worry About the $18 Trillion

Following the tariff ruling, some people (including me) are wondering what happens to the trade deals extorted from our trading partners under duress....

20.02.2026 4

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The Court Ruled. Now the CBO Needs to Update Its Revenue Projections

In a column this week about the Congressional Budget Office's ten-year projection report, I wrote: As always, the CBO's report relies on...

20.02.2026 4

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Tariffs Are a Tax on Americans No Matter What the White House Says

The Trump administration has both a tariff problem and an economic reasoning problem. Recently, two senior officials have pushed back against a New...

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Washington Already Tried This Rail Safety Playbook. It Failed

Bad ideas, like bad legislation, never die. Case in point: the Rail Safety Act.  A little background. In 2023, after the derailment in East...

13.02.2026 20

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Politicians Want To Avoid Reforming Social Security and Medicare. You Will Pay the Price.

12.02.2026 20

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Wealth Taxes Are Proven Failures. Will California Take Note?

06.02.2026 10

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What's Behind the Wild New Wealth Tax Proposals?

05.02.2026 30

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From Georgia's Film Subsidies to Intel's Collapse, Industrial Policy Keeps Failing

30.01.2026 10

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The Institutional and Moral Case for Free Enterprise, According to Milei

24.01.2026 40

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The GOP Looks Increasingly Like a Home for Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders

23.01.2026 30

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Yes, the Middle Class Is Shrinking—Because It's Moving Up

16.01.2026 30

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The Minnesota Fraud Scandal Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

09.01.2026 40

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Minnesota Welfare Scandal Is the Fraud Warning Americans Finally Noticed

08.01.2026 20

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Why Mitt Romney's Call To Tax the Rich Falls Apart

01.01.2026 9

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The Most Overlooked Holiday Miracle: Abundance

25.12.2025 30

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In Appreciation of What Makes America's Generosity Possible

25.12.2025 40

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If You Care About Young Americans, You Have to Talk About Entitlements

19.12.2025 9

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The U.S. Is Stealing From Millennials and Gen Z To Make Boomers Even Richer

19.12.2025 10

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The Bipartisan War on Prices Is Coming for Your Credit Card

11.12.2025 9

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The Horseshoe of Doom: Populists Left and Right Say America Is Failing. The Facts Don't.

04.12.2025 8

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You Can’t Dismantle the Administrative State If You Are Expanding It

27.11.2025 9

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Some Say the Constitution Has Failed. This Thanksgiving, Here's Why It Hasn't.

27.11.2025 8

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Manufacturing and Blue-Collar Employment Are Down

21.11.2025 10

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There Is No Such Thing as Good Industrial Policy. But Republicans And Democrats Keep Trying.

21.11.2025 10

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Democrats Are Beating Trump on Affordability. Will He Keep Pretending Otherwise?

14.11.2025 8

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'Emergency' Has Become Washington's Favorite Loophole. It's Cost Taxpayers $15 Trillion.

06.11.2025 10

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America's $30 Trillion Publicly Held Debt Is 42 Times Larger Than It Was in 1980

30.10.2025 9

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The GOP's 'Capitalism' is Central Planning with MAGA Branding

23.10.2025 9

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Trump's New Tariffs on Furniture Will Be Costly, and Americans Will Pay

17.10.2025 7

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What the Democrats Are Doing Right Now Won't Lower Health Care Costs—but Here's What Actually Would

09.10.2025 10

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Dems' Shutdown Demand Won't Lower Health Care Costs. Here's What Will.

09.10.2025 8

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The Government Shutdown Is a Distraction—From Our $37 Trillion Debt

02.10.2025 10

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Government Shutdowns and Pandemic-Level Spending: The New Normal?

02.10.2025 9

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Self-Inflicted Shutdown Mess

27.09.2025 10

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Trump Is Embracing 'Daddy State' Economics

19.09.2025 10

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Political Cowardice: Covid Obamacare Credit Edition

18.09.2025 6

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Washington Says Tax Breaks Help People. Instead, They're Corroding the Tax Code.

11.09.2025 8

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Uncle Sam Is Investing Now. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

05.09.2025 10

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Is Intel the First Step Toward a US Sovereign Wealth Fund?

04.09.2025 20

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Shakedown at Stanford University

30.08.2025 8

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The Real Threat to Fed Independence Isn't Trump. It's Congress' Debt Addiction.

29.08.2025 10

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Trump Is Not the Biggest Threat to the Fed's Independence

28.08.2025 10

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EV Tax Credits: A Policy for the Wealthy, Paid for by Everyone Else

28.08.2025 10

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No, Tariffs Can't Replace Income Taxes

22.08.2025 9

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