Veronique de Rugy is the George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
The wave of ‘shrinkflation’ came in response to the rise in inflation the country experienced starting in 2021, so it is baffling that the president would make such a big deal out of it now.
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Given the slim profit margins banks earn on small bank accounts, the loss of overdraft revenue could lead to the abandonment of the poorer customers interventionists claim to be protecting.
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Imagine credit-card debt equal to your yearly salary, interest costs piling up and more inevitable debt coming your way. Congress doesn’t seem to mind.
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While much of our economy remains relatively free, Democrats and Republicans are embracing economic policies that are strikingly, similarly, and increasingly collectivist.
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Elevated interest payments should be at the center of all candidates’ presidential plans because they will either reduce the ability to spend money or to cut taxes.
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This bodes poorly for the economy, as populism has a track record of producing results opposite what their proponents promise.
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The left wants to impose sky-high levels of taxation to fight what they see as ever-increasing income inequality — a claim that requires serious skepticism.
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Huge gains are possible simply by eliminating temporary programs that were created during the Covid pandemic.
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Constant increases in spending on everything and anything without fully paying have made America’s debt the size of its entire economy.
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Mileage-based user fees will ensure that those who use the infrastructure the most contribute proportionately more to its construction, maintenance, and improvement.
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The economist’s influence on American politics is sometimes overstated — yet over-regulated France could use a dose of his philosophy.
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Wielding the scalpel of economic analysis to slice through the Gordian knot of global challenges.
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