Veronique de Rugy is the George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and a senior…
How better to help ordinary Americans than by raising their cost of living?
We simply cannot afford to keep adding to our debt without considering the long-term consequences.
The platform contains no mention of a plan to get government debt under control.
Whether it’s the British Empire or France’s Ancien Regime, excessive borrowing and spending lead to economic weakness, loss of global influence, and eventual downfall.
Fiscal recklessness threatens the very foundations of our economic prosperity.
We might be only one Supreme Court decision away from Congress being obliged to write better and more explicit statutes than it usually does.
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