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Veronique de Rugy

Adjunct Scholar

Veronique de Rugy has joined the Cato Institute as an adjunct scholar. Her research interests include tax competition, financial privacy, bioterrorism, and fiscal sovereignty issues. She is the coauthor of Action ou Taxation, published in Switzerland in 1996. De Rugy is currently on the Board of Directors of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Paris-Sorbonne and previously directed academic programs for the Institute for Humane Studies -- Europe in France.

Selected Media Appearances

Veronique de Rugy speaks on international tax competition at Cato's 25th Anniversary Policy Day.

Veronique de Rugy discusses tax competition on NPR's All Things Considered. [Real Audio]

Published Works by Veronique de Rugy

Studies

"The Republican Spending Explosion," Cato Briefing Paper no. 87, March 3, 2004.

"The Internet Tax Solution: Tax Competition, Not Tax Collusion," by Adam D. Thierer and Veronique de Rugy, Cato Policy Analysis no. 494, October 23, 2003.

"Threats to Financial Privacy and Tax Competition," by Richard W. Rahn and Veronique de Rugy, Cato Policy Analysis no. 491, October 2, 2003.

"On Spending, Bush Is No Reagan," by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, Tax & Budget Bulletin #16, August 2003. (PDF, 2 pgs, 121 Kb)

"High Taxes and High Budget Deficits: The Hoover–Roosevelt Tax Increases of the 1930s," by Veronique de Rugy, Tax & Budget Bulletin #14, March 2003. (PDF, 2 pgs, 131 Kb)

"Tax Rates and Tax Revenue:The Mellon Income Tax Cuts of the 1920s," by Veronique de Rugy, Tax & Budget Bulletin #13, February 2003. (PDF, 2 pgs, 132 Kb).

"Runaway Corporations: Political Band-Aids vs. Long-Term Solutions," Tax & Budget Bulletin #9, July 2002.

"Responding to the Threat of Smallpox Bioterrorism: An Ounce of Prevention Is Best Approach," by Veronique de Rugy and Charles V. Peña, Cato Policy Analysis No. 434, April 18, 2002.

"International Tax Competition: A 21st-Century Restraint on Government," by Chris Edwards and Veronique de Rugy, Cato Policy Analysis no. 431, April 12, 2002.

Opinion and Commentary

"Cut the Talk -- and the Spending," Nationalreview.com, March 16, 2004.

"Enough Talking about Fiscal Responsibility -- Let's Cut Spending," A Cato Daily Commentary, March 15, 2004.

"Budget Busting Bushies: Overspending is not fiscal responsibility," Nationalreview.com, February 24, 2004.

"Government Overspends, Again, and Calls it `Fiscal Responsibility'," A Cato Daily Commentary, February 25, 2004.

"Elimination Lost: What happened to abolishing the Department of Education?" by Veronique de Rugy and Marie Gryphon, Nationalreview.com, February 11, 2004.

"Doing a Poor Job with Our Money," A Cato Daily Commentary, February 11, 2004.

"Again, What Fiscal Responsibility?" Nationalreview.com, February 3, 2004.

"The Coming Internet Tax Quid Pro Quo?" by Adam D. Thierer and Veronique de Rugy, TechKnowledge, October 7, 2003.

"European Politicians Want to Tax U.S Companies," TechKnowledge, September 26, 2003.

"Equal Time: Slash Domestic Spending to Pay For Rising War Cost," by Charles V. Peña and Veronique de Rugy, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 24, 2003.

"Death By Taxes," Techcentralstation.com, September 8, 2003.

"Beware the EU Tax: European politicians want to tax U.S. companies," by Veronique de Rugy, Nationalreview.com, September 3, 2003.

"The Mother of All Big Spenders: Bush spends like Carter and panders like Clinton.," by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, Nationalreview.com, July 28, 2003.

"May the Best Investment Win," Techcentralstation.com, June 26, 2003.

"Help for the Future ," by Veronique de Rugy, Techcentralstation.com, June 17, 2003.

"What Fiscal Discipline?," by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, Nationalreview.com, June 10, 2003.

"GOP Should Give Spending Cuts a Chance," by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Daily Commentary, April 9, 2003.

"Tax Increases Won't Cure Federal Deficit," A Cato Daily Commentary, March 24, 2003

"Hey, Big Spender," by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, Techcentralstation.com, March 20, 2003.

"Lower Taxes, Greater Growth," the National Post, March 19, 2003

"Cutting Edge," A Cato Commentary, Tech Central Station, March 6, 2003.

"1920s Income Tax Cuts Sparked Economic," A Cato Daily Commentary, March 4, 2003.

"Bush’s Achilles’ Heel: Governement Spending Is Out of Control," Nationalreview.com, Feb. 11, 2003.

"Bush Budget: Don't Break Open the Champagne," A Cato Daily Commentary, February 10, 2003.

"International Tax Competition," Chapter 62 of the Cato Handbook for Congress, 108th Congress.

"Misguided Initiative," Offshore Finance USA, Winter 2003.

"Quick-Fix Curbs on Corporate Inversions Mask the Real Problem," Tax Notes International, November 25, 2002.

"Give America an IRS Commissioner Who Knows the Law and Economics," A Cato Daily Commentary, November 22, 2002.

"Internet Tax: The New OPEC for Politicians," A Cato Daily Commentary, November 19, 2002.

"U.S. Needs Reform-Minded IRS Commissioner," FoxNews.com, November 14, 2002.

"IRS Rule Will Hurt Investors, Economy," FoxNews.com, October 1, 2002.

"While O'Neill Is Away, Treasury Bureaucrats Are Damaging the Economy," A Cato Daily Commentary, September 20, 2002.

"Actions Speak Loudest," Nationalreview.com, August 8, 2002.

"EU Tax Grab Will Hurt U.S" FOXNews.com, July 31, 2002.

"Was Clinton More Conservative Than Bush?" FoxNews.com, July 25, 2002.

"Bush Should Reject European Tax Cartel," A Cato Daily Commentary, July 2, 2002.

"Runaway Corporations: Political Band-Aids vs. Long-Term Solutions," Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 9, July 2002 (PDF, 2 pgs, 56 Kb).

"Corporate Inversions: Why it Happens, June 26, 2002. (Power Point Presentation, 80 Kb)

"Repel the Cartel," Nationalreview.com, June 7, 2002; the National Post on June 4, 2002.

"The French Never Learn," A Cato Daily Commentary, April 27, 2002.

"Bermuda Straight," Nationalreview.com, April 18, 2002.

"The Latest IRS Scare Campaign," A Cato Daily Commentary, April 12, 2002.

"CDC National Vaccination Plan Is Flawed," the Atlantic Journal-Constitution, January 10, 2002.

"European Union Tax Cartel Is Bad for US Economy," Daily Commentary, January 10, 2002.

"An Asymmetric Bias toward Government Regulation," Health Care News, December 2001.

"America Is Not Prepared for Bio-Terrorism -- And Here's Why," Daily Commentary, December 28, 2001.

"President Bush Should Withdraw Clinton Era IRS Regulation," Daily Commentary, December 21, 2001.

"Sam Spys: The case against watching everyone," Nationalreview.com, December 17, 2001.

"Privacy Punished, Not Terrorism," Daily Commentary, October 26, 2001.

"The Power of Taxpayers' Exit," from Tax Competition: An opportunity of Iceland? edited by Hannes H. Gissurarson and Tryggvi Thor Herbertsson, (The University of Iceland Press: November 2001)

"Don't Sacrifice Financial Privacy to the War on Terrorism," 2001.

"The Laetitia Casta Model (for Tax Revolts)," A Cato Commentary, 2001.