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Veronique de Rugy

Assessing unemployment insurance, incentives
08/01/2020 - 10:11pm
Veronique de Rugy
UNEMPLOYMENT: July 30, 2020 Earlier this year, the U.S. government passed the largest piece of stimulus legislation in our nation’s history. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act included a very generous expansion of unemployment insurance benefits. The idea was to help people to keep paying their bills during the forced COVID-19 shutdowns. These benefits are expiring, and...
When mob mentality and moral suasion meet the markets
Veronique de Rugy 07/24/2020 - 9:32pm
CANCEL CULTURE: July 23, 2020 A wave of hasty firings is sweeping across the country, driven by demands from what some call the “cancel culture.” The New York Times editorial page editor James Bennett ran an op-ed from Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., that displeased the paper’s readers and some colleagues, so he lost his job. The chief...
State and local governments could learn from crises
Veronique de Rugy 07/20/2020 - 5:17pm
GOVERNMENT: July 16, 2020 There’s no doubt that this pandemic-induced recession is hitting states hard. But that’s no reason to bail them out, especially when many failed to prepare for emergencies, which are inevitable. STATES today are dealing with a huge mess because of a sudden and steep reduction in their revenues while their...
A legal challenge to the Big Apple’s rent-control laws
Veronique de Rugy 07/13/2020 - 7:17pm
RENT CONTROL: July 9, 2020 Government growth and abuses are not challenged nearly enough. This results in a proliferation of bad policies that restrict freedom without achieving the policies’ stated goals. As such, there are reasons to celebrate when someone steps in and challenges bad rules. Case in point: a legal challenge to New York City...
As Bastiat would say, peer past the obvious with pandemic policies
Veronique de Rugy 07/03/2020 - 11:27am
PANDEMIC: July 2, 2020 This week marks the 219th birthday of the great 19th-century French economist Frederic Bastiat. It’s the perfect time to talk about his famous essay, “That Which is Seen, and that Which is Not Seen,” published in his book, “The Law.” This timeless work remains an essential guide to thinking...
Congress predictably drops the ball on small business rescue
Veronique de Rugy 06/25/2020 - 10:28pm
PPP: June 25, 2020 The Payroll Protection Program, or the PPP, is the crown jewel of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act’s attempt to rescue small businesses from effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Unfortunately, the program has been a mess in its implementation and its results. This predictable failure is likely to...
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