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Veronique de Rugy
Adjunct Scholar
Veronique de Rugy is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute and a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center. 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. 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.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
Books and Book Chapters
"International Tax Competition," Chapter 62 of the Cato Handbook for Congress, 108th Congress.
Cato Studies
"The Republican Spending Explosion," Briefing Paper no. 87, March 3, 2004.
"The Internet Tax Solution: Tax Competition, Not Tax Collusion," by Adam D. Thierer and Veronique de Rugy, Policy Analysis no. 494, October 23, 2003.
"Threats to Financial Privacy and Tax Competition," by Richard W. Rahn and Veronique de Rugy, Policy Analysis no. 491, October 2, 2003.
"On Spending, Bush Is No Reagan," by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 16, August 1, 2003.
"High Taxes and High Budget Deficits: The Hoover-Roosevelt Tax Increases of the 1930s," Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 14, March 1, 2003.
Articles and Newsletters
"Misguided Initiative," Offshore Finance USA, Winter 2003.
"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.
"Quick-Fix Curbs on Corporate Inversions Mask the Real Problem," Tax Notes International, November 25, 2002.
Opinion and Commentary
"Cutting Through the Rhetoric on Defense Sequestration," by Benjamin H. Friedman and Veronique de Rugy, World Politics Review, January 6, 2012
"Cut the Talk -- and the Spending," National Review (Online), March 16, 2004
"Enough Talking about Fiscal Responsibility -- Let's Cut Spending," Cato.org, March 15, 2004
"Government Overspends, Again, and Calls it "Fiscal Responsibility"," Cato.org, February 25, 2004
"Budget Busting Bushies: Overspending is not fiscal responsibility.," National Review (Online), February 24, 2004
Events
"The Case for Tax Competition, Fiscal Sovereignty, and Financial Privacy," October 20, 2009 [Conference]
"Cato University," July 26-31, 2009 [Conference]
"Shaping the Obama Administration's Counterterrorism Strategy," January 12-13, 2009 [Conference]
Multimedia
Veronique de Rugy discusses selling gold to pay debt on FOX Business Freedom Watch w/ Judge Napolitano (January 13, 2012) [Media Highlights - TV, 06:44]
Veronique de Rugy discusses spending cuts on FBN's Stossel (November 10, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 08:54]
Veronique de Rugy discusses infrastructure spending on FBN's Stossel (October 6, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 05:37]
Veronique De Rugy discusses the infrastructure bank on FBN's Freedom Watch (September 6, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 04:12]
Veronique De Rugy discusses the debt ceiling on Bloomberg's Street Smart with Carol Massar & Matt Miller (July 29, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 03:22]
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