Veronique de Rugy is a contributing editor at Reason. She is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
The Global Trade War Comes Full Circle
Economic reality is always more complex than politicians pretend it is.
Economic reality is always more complex than politicians pretend it is.
American businesses and consumers are drowning in a sea of high tariffs.
In a few countries, legislators have enacted policies that actually constrain spending. The U.S. has a lot to learn.
By trying to control markets, lawmakers only make problems worse.
Old ideas that have never worked are no way to foster economic growth.
Each tariff the president imposes is a tax on Americans.
Another bad idea from the Democratic presidential hopeful.
Still, it's better than the administration's previous proposals to cut legal immigration in half.
Trump's strategy was never going to be a winning one.
The evidence against the agency is overwhelming.
There's an inherent conflict of interest when an agency serves as both a regulator and competitor.
Once a protectionist, always a protectionist.
It’s time to stop freaking out about humanity's imminent demise.
Corporate welfare raises its ugly head again.
Protectionist policies produce negative results.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Trump's budget projects 10 straight years of 3 percent growth. If this forecast fails to materialize, it will make the budget deficits worse than projected.
The trouble with President Trump's new budget.
Oregon's new rent control law won't deliver on its promises.
Trump's tariffs keep harming American businesses and consumers.
American cars with foreign parts will suffer too.
Pioneering treatments may require equally pioneering payment models.
Nonsensical protectionist policies won't make the country great again.
The laws of economics can't be repealed.
Raising the cost of employing workers is never a recipe for increasing employment.
Respect federalism and leave the states alone.
It's time for regulatory reform, free trade, and the end of crony capitalism.
America's most powerful legislative body can't do its main job. And things are only going to get worse.
Get ready for permanent low growth, a stifled entrepreneurial spirit, and high unemployment.
The additional cost of adding paid leave to Social Security would be $114 billion over 10 years.
Ordinary people aren't willing to pay higher costs just to fulfill the grand visions of environmentalists.
The president's protectionist agenda threatens U.S. businesses and consumers.
It's time for a new approach on taxes.
We should all be thankful for innovators and visionaries who aren't afraid to dream big.
The White House plans to import foreign prescription-drug socialism to the United States.
Trump's trade policy is leading to bad politics and terrible outcomes.
Real reform requires simplifying the tax code.
The president's agenda hurts American consumers and businesses.
It's time to find out how deep in the red our country is.
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