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Media Highlights Radio • August 30, 2026 

# Veronique de Rugy discusses her article, “Truths and Omissions as US Hits $40 Trillion in Debt,” on CBS Radio’s *Eye on the World with John Batchelor*

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##### [Veronique de Rugy](/people/veronique-derugy)

George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University