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Veronique de Rugy

Immigration and the trillion-dollar lottery
09/11/2021 - 9:55pm
Veronique de Rugy
IMMIGRATION: September 9, 2021 Exactly 10 years ago, economist Michael Clemens published a paper in the prestigious Journal of Economic Perspectives called “Economics and Emigration: Trillion-Dollar Bills on the Sidewalk?” He urged fellow economists to consider a paradigm shift in their research about immigration. Though economists had mostly neglected the global economic losses...
Welcoming immigrants is a godo start; we must recognize them, too
Veronique de Rugy 08/27/2021 - 1:33pm
IMMIGRATION: August 26, 2021 Incompetence, political weakness and fearmongering about foreigners in search of a new home has created a cruel immigration policy. But this structural cruelty pales in comparison to the comments made by some legislators who tout their opposition to welcoming Afghan refugees to our shores after many of these refugees...
When government’s foolish errands turn into fiascoes
Veronique de Rugy 08/19/2021 - 10:48pm
GOVERNMENT: August 19, 2021 Another government failure, another outrage. This time the scandal is brought on by the less-than-orderly withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and the realization that 20 years of military presence in the country achieved nothing but death and chaos. Observing another instance of large-scale mismanagement, I can...
The United Administrative Units of America?
Veronique de Rugy 08/12/2021 - 2:44pm
GOVERNMENT: August 12, 2021 Warnings that state and local governments faced a fiscal calamity were predictably plentiful when it became clear in early 2020 that COVID-19 would cause major social and economic disruptions. Predictable because it has become gospel that the solution to an economic downturn is to have the federal government suck money...
Why spending matters in times of inflation and high debt
Veronique de Rugy 07/23/2021 - 2:31pm
SPENDING: July 22, 2021 A lot of people don’t care about the nation’s growing debt. Some believe that low interest rates for the foreseeable future essentially means a free lunch for the government. Others believe that no matter what the cost of this debt, it is all worth it because of the purported higher returns on government...
The return of the tax gap hype
Veronique de Rugy 07/16/2021 - 4:01pm
TAXES: July 15, 2021 Every policy wonk will tell you that after you live in Washington long enough, you start seeing the same issues reemerge on a regular basis. Common ones are praise for the magical ability of government spending to help pay for itself during recessions and handwringing over the myth of middle-class stagnation. And when Uncle...
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