Publications by Veronique de Rugy

Charts by Veronique de Rugy

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Entitlement Spending Explodes

Veronique de Rugy | Mar 08, 2010
This chart by Veronique de Rugy illustrates the Congressional Budget Office’s long-term baseline projections of federal spending.
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Recession Employment Trends

Veronique de Rugy | Mar 01, 2010
This chart compares the changes in public and private sector employment which have occurred during the past two years.
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Components of the Debt

Veronique de Rugy | Feb 22, 2010
This week, Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Veronique de Rugy examines the composition of the debt and the significance of each of its components.
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Public vs. Private Unemployment

Veronique de Rugy | Feb 15, 2010
Since January 2009, employment has decreased in the private sector at an average rate of 0.3% each month; this is 6 times faster than employment decreased in government.
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Long Term Spending Continues to Increase

Veronique de Rugy | Feb 08, 2010
Spending is projected to remain well above long term average rates of government spending, both now and into the future.
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2011 Estimated Federal Spending

Veronique de Rugy | Feb 01, 2010
Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Veronique de Rugy suggests that in order for America’s fiscal issues to be seriously addressed, broader measures than those discussed in the president's State of the Union address will be required.
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Workers Exit the Labor Force in Droves

Veronique de Rugy | Jan 25, 2010
Using data from the Obama administration’s website Recovery.gov and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this chart shows the month-over-month changes in the number of unemployed workers and members of the civilian labor force in tandem with the administration’s stimulus spending.
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National Healthcare Expenditures

Veronique de Rugy | Jan 18, 2010
Consumers’ out-of pocket spending on healthcare has decreased steadily as a percentage of the United States’ overall healthcare spending since the passage of Medicare in 1965 from its peak of 43% in 1965.
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No Correlation Between State Unemployment at time of ARRA and Stimulus Funds Received

Veronique de Rugy | Jan 11, 2010
Research by Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Veronique de Rugy examines a state’s unemployment at the time ARRA was passed and the stimulus funds that each state has received – there is no correlation between the two variables.
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Unemployment Continues to Rise Despite Stimulus Spending

Veronique de Rugy | Jan 04, 2010
Research from Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Veronique de Rugy tracks the path of stimulus spending and unemployment throughout 2009.