A Dollar by Any Other Name Would Spend the Same
One of the new ways critics like to slice and dice rich people these days is to question the value they provide to others by minimizing the importance of their charitable...
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Posts by Veronique de Rugy
Turning 50 in a Time of Pandemic
While I’ll always have slight regret about not having my party as planned, my birthday weekend was way better than it would have been without this pandemic. ...
Economics, a San Francisco Treat?
If politicians in San Francisco really want to help their citizens, they may want to brush up on basic economics. That would be a treat. ...
We Need a New Base Realignment and Closure Commission — Not a New Bureaucracy
In times of crisis like the one we are now going through, calls to grow an already-bloated bureaucracy abound. A better alternative is to continue the deregulatory trend that is helping...
Frivolous Litigators Bite the Hands That Care for Them
The threat of the lawsuits might obstruct the response of medical professionals who are fighting on the front lines against COVID-19. ...
Coronavirus Puts Counterproductive Regulations Into Perspective
As dangerous as the expansion of government power due to COVID-19 is, in some ways, federal, state and local governments are also reducing their intrusions into our lives by cutting many...
Creativity and Compassion Continue to Combat the Coronavirus
News about the impact and death toll of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, is constant. Yet we shouldn’t lose sight of the exceptional vitality that the private sector is demonstrating during this...
Supply and Demand, Hoarding, Price Gouging — and the Coronavirus
As the saying goes, “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” I would add, “and anti-price gouging legislation in times of crisis.” ...
Paid Leave and the Composition of Compensation
There are many poor arguments for mandated paid leave out there, many of which, unfortunately, demonstrate that facts and sound economics are, in this debate, too often optional. ...
Sanders’ Economic Plan Looks Like a Duck, Despite How Some Quack
As Bernie Sanders looks more and more like the one who may win the Democratic presidential nomination, some tell us that he isn’t the radical leftist others make him out to...
Trump’s Budget Follows in the Footsteps of Giant Spenders
President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2021 budget has been released. It is, in short, a testament to fiscal irresponsibility. ...
Trump’s Labor Department Provides Clarity on Joint Employment
The Trump administration’s new rule, which specifies that a company cannot be considered a joint employer simply because it has the contractual power to control workers employed by another party, is...
Social Engineering Run Amok in the Department of Labor
Instead of holding firms accountable when they engage in real discrimination against their employees, the Department of Labor has become a government arm for securing high-dollar settlements on dubious grounds. ...
Will the Fed Edge Out the Competition With Real-Time Payments?
Despite concerns, it seems that the Federal Reserve will enter the real-time payments market with FedNow. It is essential that Congress or the administration ensures that the Fed plays by the...
The Continuing Resolution of Congress Is an Opportunity for Reform
Always the optimist, I hope that Congress will, this time, use the remaining days on the Continuing Resolution to do the right thing on a few items. ...