Veronique de Rugy

Veronique de Rugy is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center and is on the Board of Directors of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity. She is a former policy analyst with the Cato Institute, People, accessed 15 February 2010 
a former resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and a former research fellow at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation. 
Her research includes taxation, financial privatisation and she has a recent journal on the last minute activity of administration and regulations.Veronique de Rugy Profile, Mercatus Center, George Mason University website.
De Rugy earned a MA in economics from the University of Paris IX-Dauphine and a PhD in economics from the University of Paris-Sorbonne. She previously directed academic programs for the Institute for Humane Studies-Europe (Institute for Human Studies) in France.
De Rugy currently sits on the Advisory Council for the Democracy Institute.'About Us', Democracy Institute website. Last accessed on 17 July 2014.
==Publications and Articles==
* Editor of the Mercatus publication series Mercatus on Policy.
* Coauthor of Action ou Taxation, published in Switzerland in 1996. 
* Writes a column for Reason magazine (content can be viewed here) and is a regular contributor to The American, AEI's online magazine. 
* Blogs at The Corner at National Review Online (content can be viewed here) and at Big Government.
===Research===
*Veronique de Rugy, Andrea Castillo, 'The US Export-Import Bank: A Review of the Debate over Reauthorization', Mercatus Center, George Mason University, July 16, 2014.
*Robert J. Barro , Veronique de Rugy, 'Defense Spending and the Economy', Mercatus Center, George Mason University, May 07, 2013.
*Veronique de Rugy, Alberto Alesina, Austerity: The Relative Effects of Tax Increases versus Spending Cuts', Mercatus Center, George Mason University, March 07, 2013.
*Veronique de Rugy, Jason J. Fichtner, 'The Debt Ceiling: What is at Stake?', Mercatus Center, George Mason University, April 28, 2011.
===Articles===
====2013====
*Veronique de Rugy, 'European Countries Can’t Continue on Their Spendaholic Track', US News and World Report Online, May 30, 2013.
====2012====
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Cutting Through the Rhetoric on Defense Sequestration', World Politics Review, January 6, 2012.
====2011====
*Nick Gillespie and Veronique de Rugy, 'How to Balance the Budget Without Raising Taxes or Cutting Essential Services', The Huffington Post, 7 February 2011.
====2004====
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Cut the Talk — and the Spending', National Review (Online), March 16, 2004.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Enough Talking about Fiscal Responsibility — Let’s Cut Spending', Cato.org. March 15, 2004.
*Veronique de Rugy, Government Overspends, Again, and Calls it “Fiscal Responsibility”, Cato.org. February 25, 2004.
*Veronique de Rugy, Budget Busting Bushies: Overspending is not fiscal responsibility, National Review (Online), February 24, 2004.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Elimination Lost: What happened to abolishing the Department of Education?', National Review (Online). February 11, 2004.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Doing a Poor Job with Our Money', Cato.org., February 11, 2004.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Again, What Fiscal Responsibility?', National Review (Online). February 3, 2004.
====2003====
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Equal Time: Slash Domestic Spending to Pay For Rising War Cost', Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 24, 2003. 
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Slash Domestic Spending to Pay for Rising War Cost', Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 24, 2003.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Death By Taxes', Cato.org. September 8, 2003.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'European Politicians Want to Tax U.S. Companies', Cato.org. September 4, 2003.
*Veronique de Rugy, “Conservative” Bush Spends More than “Liberal” Presidents Clinton, Carter, Cato.org. July 31, 2003.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'The Mother of All Big Spenders: Bush spends like Carter and panders like Clinton', National Review (Online). July 28, 2003.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'May the Best Investment Win', Cato.org. July 10, 2003.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'What Fiscal Discipline?', Cato.org. June 14, 2003.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'GOP Should Give Spending Cuts a Chance', Cato.org. April 9, 2003.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'On Spending, Bush Is No Reagan', Cato.org. April 1, 2003.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Hey, Big Spender', Cato.org. March 26, 2003.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Tax Increases Won’t Cure Federal Deficit', Cato.org. March 24, 2003.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Lower Taxes, Greater Growth', National Post. March 19, 2003.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Cutting Edge', Cato.org. March 6, 2003.
*Veronique de Rugy, '1920s Income Tax Cuts Sparked Economic Growth and Raised Federal Revenues', Cato.org. March 4, 2003.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Bush’s Achilles’ Heel', National Review (Online). February 11, 2003.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Bush Budget: Don’t Break Open the Champagne', Cato.org. February 10, 2003.
====2002====
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Give America an IRS Commissioner Who Knows the Law and Economics', Cato.org. November 22, 2002.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Internet Tax: The New OPEC for Politicians', Cato.org. November 19, 2002.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'New Rule Will Hurt Foreign Investors and U.S. Jobs', Cato.org. September 20, 2002.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'How Conservative Is President Bush?', Cato.org. August 3, 2002.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Was Clinton More Conservative Than Bush?', Fox News (Online). July 25, 2002.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'EU Tax Collection Plan Will Hurt U.S. Economy', Cato.org. July 23, 2002.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Bush Should Reject European Tax Cartel', Cato.org. July 2, 2002.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Europe Lobbies U.S. for a Tax Cartel', National Post. June 4, 2002.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'The French Never Learn', Cato.org. April 27, 2002.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Bermuda Straight', National Review (Online). April 18, 2002.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'The Latest IRS Scare Campaign', Cato.org. April 12, 2002.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'CDC National Vaccination Plan Is Flawed', Atlanta Journal-Constitution. January 10, 2002.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'European Union Tax Cartel Is Bad for U.S. Economy', Cato.org. January 10, 2002.
====2001====
*Veronique de Rugy, 'America Is Not Prepared for Bio-Terrorism — And Here’s Why', Cato.org. December 28, 2001.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'An Asymmetric Bias toward Government Regulation', Health Care News. December 20, 2001.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'President Bush Should Withdraw Clinton Era IRS Regulation', Washington Times. December 20, 2001.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Banks and the FBI: The Latest Attack on Financial Privacy', Cato.org. December 18, 2001.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Privacy Punished, Not Terrorism', Cato.org. October 26, 2001.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'Don’t Sacrifice Financial Privacy to the War on Terrorism', Cato.org. October 25, 2001.
*Veronique de Rugy, 'The Laetitia Casta Model (for Tax Revolts)', Cato.org. October 12, 2001.
==Notes==