Democratic Socialists’ Call for Public Ownership of Businesses Is Echoed on Today’s Populist Right
By a Cato Institute count, the federal corporate portfolio now encompasses roughly 30 firms.
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VERONIQUE de RUGY
Washington, D.C.
Veronique de Rugy is a columnist for The New York Sun.
Veronique de Rugy is the George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
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Is America an Abiding Draw for Talented and Ambitious Foreigners?
We should worry about the day when this is no longer true.
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Trial Lawyers and Labor Unions Scheming To Thwart the Driverless Vehicle Revolution
A new generation of autonomous cars offers enormous promise of a plunge in the number of traffic deaths.
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Social Security’s Zero Hour Nears, Triggering Benefit Cuts of 22 Percent Unless Congress Acts
Payouts would drop for everyone up to and including widows living on survivors’ checks, yet candidates for office are silent.
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The Big Picture Trends Threatening the Roots of American Prosperity
A visual treatise on political economy holds important lessons for us today.
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Transportation Bill Proposes $580 Billion in Spending While Highway Trust Fund Speeds Toward Insolvency
When a bill generates opposition from every direction, are legislators solving problems or trying to accommodate too many competing interests?
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Tennis Stars Shun Wimbledon Warmup, and Fault Lies With Britain’s Aggressive Tax Code
File this story under ‘how people dodge taxes by leaving,’ as efforts to soak the rich always have unintended consequences.
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Far Left’s Dangerous Crusade Against Growth Could Condemn Billions to Poverty
Caps on economic growth in rich countries, top income-tax rates of 90 percent, and a World Sovereign Fund to redistribute wealth would backfire.
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Left-Wing Economists, Led by Thomas Piketty, Launch Global Wealth Redistribution Scheme
A program for managed decline and widening poverty is dressed up in the language of climate justice and equality.
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Advocates of Single-Payer Health Care Are Back, but Their Arguments Make as Little Sense as Ever
Such a system would lead to European-style rationing, delays, and forgone services, all leading to worsening health care.
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California’s Economic Future Could Depend on Outcome of Dueling Ballot Measures on Taxes
Everyone with even just a little bit of money set aside should understand what these two proposals represent.
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Fueling Voters’ Frustration Over Affordability
Everything feels expensive, and his tariffs are a major reason why.
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