Veronique de Rugy on the Impending American Fiscal Crisis
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Veronique de Rugy on the Impending American Fiscal Crisis
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About this listen
Veronique de Rugy is the George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. In Veronique's first appearance on Macro Musings she discusses her career as a think tanker's think tanker, what the difference is between classical liberals and libertarians, how America's mindset has shifted on trade and immigration, the fiscal health of the United States, the US's impending debt crises, solutions for fixing the fiscal health of the United States, and much more.
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Recorded on November 18th, 2025
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Timestamps
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:18 - Vero's Career
00:17:35 - Vero's Career
00:24:32 - Fiscal Policy at Mercatus
00:40:59 - Steps Toward a Sustainable Fiscal Path
00:48:34 - Flattening the Debt Curve
00:59:13- Outro