Will a Post-COVID-19 Government Be Held Accountable?
Someone recently asked me when Congress would hold hearings to ensure the accountability of government officials who faltered during the pandemic. After all, there is lots to be learned...
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Posts by Veronique de Rugy
Why Experts Should Embrace Humility After Their Inflation Miscalculation
As the greatest inflation spike of the last 50 years occurs, the utter failure of economists, their models and many pundits to foresee what was coming is worth highlighting....
To Lift All Boats, Help Americans Resume Fulfilling Work
Economic growth without the removal of existing government barriers to work and entrepreneurship won't be sufficient. ...
Price Controls Always Backfire; Today Is No Different
With some pundits advocating for price controls to fight inflation, it suddenly feels like the 1970s again. This type of overbearing intervention has never worked as marketed, something President...
Ex-Im Is Wasteful Enough Abroad — We Don’t Need It at Home
For years now, the U.S. Export-Import Bank — an under-the-radar agency that provides subsidized loans to foreign firms willing to buy American products — has tried to remain relevant....
A Resolution for the Biden Administration
Based on the latest poll from The Economist and YouGov, the Biden administration should adopt a New Year's resolution too. In particular, it should reconsider its domestic policy agenda....
Inflating the Costs of Government’s Fiscal Irresponsibility
Inflation has reached its highest level in decades. While we’re not yet in a situation like we had in the 1970s — and we can hope that the Federal...
Government Isn’t Required to Build Back Better
While the cost of the Build Back Better legislation is astronomical, the so-called benefits turn out to be costs, too. ...
Thinking Through the Trade-offs of Federally Mandated Paid Leave
The nonsensical coverage of the debate over paid leave continues. ...
Giving Is an American Tradition; for That, I Am Thankful
I am most grateful to live in a country where we are wealthy enough that people have the luxury to care for one another. But this caring goes beyond...
Pouring Fuel on the Spending Fire
The impact of inflation on people's pocketbooks and concerns over the expanding role of government are important in explaining Biden's low approval numbers. ...
Haste Still Makes Waste, Even for Pundits
“The quality of the punditry is abysmal.” That’s the title of an excellent letter recently shared with me and submitted to the editor of the Washington Post by George...
Here Comes the Hypocritical Global Minimum Tax
There is a certain irony to a group of rich countries pushing for policies that will disadvantage poorer countries. Yet this is exactly what the leaders of the world's...
For Some Politicians, Enough Spending Will Never Be Enough
As irresponsible as Republicans have been with our finances, today's Democrats seem committed to making the spendaholic GOP look like Uncle Scrooge. ...
Cronyism’s Critics Continue to Miss the Point
Government subsidies give an artificial competitive edge to big companies that have no problems accessing capital, and this comes at the expense of smaller and truly innovative competitors, of...