Veronique de Rugy, Ph.D., is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a monthly columnist for the print edition of reason.
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Lame Ducks and Corporate Tax Privileges
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Will Elon Musk Launch for Mars off the Backs of Taxpayers?
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The European Union and the U.S. Both Want to Tax Apple
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Congress to Embrace Its Favorite Pastime, Kicking the Can on Spending
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Digital Privacy Shouldn't Depend on a Law Written in the Time of Stranger Things
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Making the Most of the Next Recession
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October 2016 -
Does Socialism Work for Sweden? That's the Wrong Question
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Which States Are the Most Free? Let's Rank Them
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Hillary Clinton's Terrible Tax Plan
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Both Want to Restore Detroit's Glory Days with Failed Economic Policies
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Trump Says Clinton is the Candidate of the Past—but His Ideas Are All Old News
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Higher Medicaid Expansion Costs Reveal Another Obamacare Design Flaw
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Can You Have Your Subsidized Peanut Butter Cake and Eat It, Too?
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Stop Bleeding Red Ink, Make America Sustainable Again
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How the War on Drugs Fails Black Communities
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Bursting the Pentagon Spending Bubble
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August/September 2016 -
Privatize the Postal System, Abolish a Monopoly
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How Government Cronies Redefined the Catfish
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Reduce the Hurdles to Private Investment in Infrastructure
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Job-Killing Red Tape for Thee, Not for Me
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Federalism≠Freedom
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July 2016 -
In the Fiscal Health Beauty Pageant, Everyone Loses
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Workers Don't Need Government's Help to Earn Higher Wages
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Why Governments Hate It When Other Countries Have Low Taxes
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The Military Is About to Buy A Lot of New Balance Shoes. Thank Cronyism.
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Federal Programs Keep People Poor
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June 2016 -
Crony Capitalists, Place Your Bets on the Wire Act
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A Tale of Two Recoveries: Reagan vs. Obama
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Elon Musk, Crony Capitalist
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The Land of the Free, But Not Until Tax Day Is Over
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The Long Sordid Tale of the American Income Tax
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May 2016 -
Congress and Crony Capitalists Want to Take Over the Contact Lens Market
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Bad Fiscal Policies Are a Worse Scandal Than the Panama Papers
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On Taxes, Economics, and Trade, Trump Is an Incoherent Mess
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Reforming Corporate Taxation Is a Bipartisan Issue
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Anticipating the Effects of New Overtime Rules, Over Time
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What Government Can Learn From Moore's Law
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April 2016 -
Bernie Sanders Is Right to Trash the Ex-Im Bank
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Obamacare: Rewarding States for ACA Exchange Failures?
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How the Affordable Care Act Continues to Fall Short
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Obama's Budget Is a Tax-and-Spend Travesty
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Taking In Refugees Is Good for America
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March 2016 -
Obama's New Oil Tax Would Drive Up Gas Prices
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$19 Trillion and Counting: The Dangers of Unlimited Debt
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The Solution to the Debt Ceiling Debacle
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Where Puerto Rico Went Wrong
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Hillary Clinton Shouldn't Be So Proud of the Affordable Care Act
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Marco Rubio's Sweet Protectionism
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February 2016 -
Biennial Budgeting Is a Bad Idea That Won't Go Away
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Retailers Don't Need Another Regulatory Handout
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