Veronique de Rugy is a contributing editor at Reason. She is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
The Earned Income Tax Credit: Small Benefits, Large Costs
No reason to chose between two bad options
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Should Stop Hurting the Poor
Why overregulation of payday lenders is a bad idea
Only an Unprincipled Congress Would Revive the Ex-Im Bank
Fight over the crony-capitalist program highlights all that's wrong with Washington
Speak Now, Congress, or Forever Maintain the Status Quo
A to-do list for the new Speaker of the House
Let States Build Their Own Highways
Congress can't pass a real transportation bill. And it shouldn't have to.
Mainstreaming Liberty
How five 20th century economists subtly remade the political landscape
General Electric Should Stop Bullying Congress Over the Ex-Im Bank
Let GE whine. The company doesn't need a subsidy.
Funding the U.S. Department of Offense
Republicans are all hypocrites when it comes to Defense cuts.
Why It's Hard to Trust the Social Security Disability Insurance Trust Fund
When the economy is struggling, more people falsely apply for disability benefits.
The Affordable Care Act and the GOP: Reform, Replace, Restart, or Innovate?
Gov. Scott Walker's approach is merely 'Obamacare Lite.'
Remembering the Life and Honoring the Legacy of Whitney Ball
A stronger civil society makes life better for everyone.
Federal Agencies Fight for Warrantless Access to Emails
Why won't Obama put an end to government snooping?
How the Federal Government Betrayed Millennials
Bad economic policies hurt young Americans the most.
The Negative Consequences of Raising D.C.'s Minimum Wage
Good intentions and unintended effects.
Two Burritos for Breakfast
I don't need mandatory food labels to tell me McDonald's isn't health food. And neither do you.
International Attempts to Raise Corporate Taxes Hurt Everybody
Corporations provide an easy political target for tax-hungry politicians, but the burden of corporate taxes falls on ordinary citizens.
Hillary Clinton Wants to Destroy the Sharing Economy. Here's Why That's a Terrible Idea.
Government should watch from the sidelines.
Beyond the Export-Import Bank: This Is the Next Corporate Welfare Program We Should Cut
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is ripe for termination.
The Fight for the Millennial Voter
Change happens on the battlefield of ideas, not as the result of elections.
America's Coming Transfer of Wealth
How entitlement spending transfers wealth from the young to the old.
How Certificate of Need Laws Harm the Health Care Market
CON laws stifle competition and hurt consumers.
Innovation vs. Intervention in Health Care
How can we produce better health for more people at a lower cost, year after year?
Amtrak Has Problems, But a Lack of Federal Funding Is Not One of Them
The railroad's problems are political, not operational.
The Tip of the Regulatory Iceberg
Pointless economic regulation cripples innovation and speeds the growth of big government.
Universal Savings Accounts Help People Help Themselves
The case for individual economic choice.
Big Data, Big Business, and Big Government
How bureaucrats are keeping people in the dark about the Export-Import Bank
The Online Sales Tax Cash Grab
As states lunge for dot-com money, Congress threatens to get into the act.
You Want to Know Who Benefits from the Ex-Im Bank? Not Small Businesses.
Foreign airlines and oil companies top list of recipients.
Regulatory Robophobia
We don't need a federal commission to govern things that go beep in the night.
Screwed by Seniors
The people expected to pay for Social Security and Medicare can't afford it.
SOTU and the Cynical Call for Bipartisanship: Four Decades of B.S.
President Obama's call for putting aside partisanship and governing as "Americans" is one of the oldest and most dishonest cliches in politics.
Obama's 2014 State of the Union Scorecard
The president didn't get much of his wish list last year and he'll get even less this time. That's a good thing.
Massive Scale of Improper Payments Show Govt is Too Big NOT to Fail
Medicare may be making mistakes 20% of the time, school lunch programs 15%, and the Earned Income Tax Credit 25%.
The Congress That Cried Wolf
It's time for lawmakers to stop abusing the emergency-spending loophole.
The Real Scale of U.S. Defense Spending
Nearly $1 trillion was spent on the war in Afghanistan, mostly under President Obama.
The Pentagon Can Have Whatever It Wants. As Long As It's Not Less Money.
Yes, that's right: Congressional leaders are forcing the Pentagon to take more money than it asked for.
Foreign Aid Is a Failure
Throwing good money at bad governments makes poor countries worse off.
Why Don't Americans Save Their Money?
We must kill Social Security in order to save retirement.
