Veronique de Rugy explains that the forthcoming COVID relief bill would be better described as an "everything bailout bill." Listen on Soundcloud.

Veronique de Rugy has some advice to help the government avoid repeating the mistakes of 2020. Read more at Creators.

Distribution is complicated, and getting products the last mile to consumers requires decentralization. Middlemen make the system work. Read more at National Review.

The latest bloated COVID relief bill is a disgraceful end to a year already marked by wildly irresponsible government spending. Read more at National Review.

The Ex-Im Bank is supposed to fight China, but instead, its bloated cronyism is making America more like China. Read more at National Review.

The purpose of schools is to educate children, and the education they’re getting at home is subpar. Science says it’s safe to send them back, but the incentives don’t line up. Read more at Creators.

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It is often noted that the United States is the only industrialized country without a federal paid leave program. While true, Dr. Veronique de Rugy points out that this doesn’t necessarily mean that women in countries that have such government-mandated programs are doing better than women in the United States. In this Congressional staff briefing, de Rugy weighs in on expected outcomes of various proposed federal paid leave programs, based on a review of research from other countries. She responds to each point in favor of a federal paid leave program with unanswered questions, the expected impact on women, and unintended consequences.

Veronique de Rugy joins Lars to discuss the government’s next steps in managing the COVID economy. Listen on SoundCloud.

Veronique de Rugy suggests ways to improve Hawaii’s corrupt and inefficient unemployment insurance system. Watch on YouTube.

Veronique de Rugy objects to new government spending proposals that ignore how things have changed since the dark days of March and April. She urges lawmakers not to vote to bail out mismanaged states. Listen on Soundcloud.

Veronique voices her approval of President-elect Biden’s proposal to reform the Paycheck Protection Program, which currently benefits businesses with fewer than 500 employees, so that only businesses with fewer than 50 employees are eligible. Listen on Soundcloud.

State and local governments claim they’re going broke and are begging for more federal money. Veronique de Rugy plays them a lament on the world’s smallest violin. Read more at Reason.

Their rhetoric on socialism, defunding police, and the Green New Deal ended up costing Democrats several House seats in a cycle that was supposed to be a blue wave. Read more at Creators.

A Republican-controlled Senate will prevent the implementation of a truly progressive agenda, but we’ll still see plenty of government spending, and debt will continue to grow. Listen on Soundcloud.

There are significant differences, but ultimately both candidates are protectionists at heart. Listen on Soundcloud.

Republicans love talking about cutting taxes, but they’re less willing to do the hard work of cutting spending. Read more at National Review.

Alesina was an expert on austerity, an award-winning author, an innovative thinker, and a beloved professor. The field of political economy has lost a giant. Read more at Regulation.

No matter which candidate wins, fiscal sanity and smaller government lost. Read more at Creators.

The first $2 trillion COVID bailout was a disaster. We don’t need a second one. Read more at Creators.

Veronique de Rugy reviews Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World by Charles Koch and David Hooks. Read more at Creators.

Don’t be mad at Trump for paying $750 in federal income tax. Be mad at the tax code. Read more at the New York Times.

Both parties’ obsession with stimulus spending ignores the fact that the problem with the economy isn’t a lack of demand. Read more at Creators.

Veronique de Rugy’s letter to the editor points out problems with the proposed airline bailout. Read more at the Wall Street Journal.

Lawmakers claim that a proposed airline bailout is about saving jobs, but Veronique de Rugy finds that hard to believe. Read more at Creators.

The Ex-Im Bank was supposed to refocus on fighting China. Instead, it dumped $400 million into a teetering, state-owned Mexican oil company. Cronyism strikes again. Read more at Creators.

As federal aid to beleaguered airlines expires, Veronique de Rugy insists that bankruptcy–not another bailout–is the way forward. Watch on Vimeo.

With paycheck protection for airline employees expiring at the beginning of October, many in the industry are calling for a second bailout, but Veronique de Rugy claims that bankruptcy would be a better option. Listen on Soundcloud.

America’s debt stands at $27 trillion and is about to top 100% of annual GDP. This is not sustainable. Read more at Creators.

I appreciate the opportunity to submit a comment with respect to two applications received by the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank “for final commitment for aggregated long-term loans or financial guarantees in excess of $100 million.” The obligor is Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), and the guarantors are Pemex Exploration and Production, Pemex Logística, and Pemex Transformación Industrial.
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University is dedicated to bridging the gap between academic ideas and real-world problems and to advancing knowledge about the effects of regulation on society. This comment, therefore, does not represent the views of any particular affected party or special interest group.
Mexican state-owned oil firm Pemex is either the Ex-Im Bank’s biggest borrower or close to it. Its

Veronique de Rugy joins John Batchelor to push back on the supposed benefits of a federal paid family leave program. Listen on Soundcloud.