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2003 - Mark Weisbrot's Op-Eds and Columns

CAFTA Not Likely to do Better Than NAFTA
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - December 18, 2003
Chicago Tribune - Dec. 19, 2003
Philadelphia Inquirer - Dec. 24, 2003
Kansas City Star - Dec. 28, 2003
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Jan. 4, 2004
Garden City Telegram - Jan. 5, 2004
Aventura News - Jan. 7, 2004
Grand Forks Herald - Jan. 12, 2004

America's Hidden Human Rights Problem
Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services - December 8, 2003

Charlotte Observer - December 10, 2003

Biloxi Sun Herald - December 10, 2003

 

Signs of Economic Discovery Haven't Trickled Down
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - December 3, 2003
Detroit Free Press - December 5, 2003
The Express Times (Easton, Pennsylvania) - December 5, 2003
Salt Lake City Tribune - December 5, 2003
The San Diego Union-Tribune - December 5, 2003
Duluth News Tribune - Dec. 13, 2003

 

"FTAA-Lite" Reflects Long-Term Economic Failure
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - November 24, 2003
Houston Chronicle - Nov. 26, 2003
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Nov. 30, 2003
Grand Forks Herald - Dec. 8, 2003

 

Prescription Drug Imports Are a Good Start
Fresno Bee - Nov. 23, 2003
Lexington Herald-Leader - Nov. 23, 2003
Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) - Nov. 23, 2003
Columbian (Vancouver, WA) - Nov. 23, 2003

 

Anti-Sweatshop Movement Provides Needed Counterweight in the Global Economy
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - Nov. 4, 2003
San Diego Union Tribune - Nov. 6, 2003
Tallahassee Democrat
- Nov. 8, 2003
Buffalo News - Nov. 9, 2003

 

Top Gun Fires Blanks on the Economy
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services, October 30, 2003

 

Prescription for Pain: The Medicare
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services, October 20, 2003

 

Bush Growing More Vulnerable on Credibility, War and the Economy
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - Sept. 29, 2003
Philadelphia Daily News - Oct. 1, 2003
Providence Journal - Oct. 1, 2003

Washington Pursues Dangerous Policy in Venezuela
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - Sept. 25, 2003
Sunday Chieftain and Star-Journal
(Pueblo, CO) - Sept. 28, 2003
Aiken Standard (Aiken, SC) - Sept. 29, 2003
Daily Item (Sunbury, PA) - Oct. 1, 2003
Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, IN) - Oct. 5, 2003
Aventura News - Oct. 8, 2003

Venezuela's Recall
The Nation - September 22, 2003
Garden City Telegram (Garden City, KS) - Oct. 14, 2003

WTO Beached in Cancun
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - September 16, 2003
Philadelphia Inquirer - Sept. 17, 2003
Akron Beacon-Journal - Sept. 18, 2003
Providence Journal - Sept. 18, 2003
San Diego Union Tribune - Sept. 18, 2003
Detroit Free Press - Sept. 22, 2003
Garden City Telegram (Garden City, KS) - Sept. 24, 2003
Aventura News - Oct. 8, 2003

Protectionism Trumps Free Trade at the WTO
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - Sept.8, 2003
Bangkok Post - Sept. 11, 2003
Edmonton Journal - Sept. 12, 2003

Globalization Fails to Deliver
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - August 24, 2002 
Wichita Eagle (Wichita, KS)- August 27, 2002
Milwaukee Journal -
September 1, 2002
Pueblo Chieftain
(Pueblo, CO)- August 25, 2002
Duluth News-Tribune (
Duluth, MN)- August 26, 2002
Cedartown Standard
(Cedartown, IA)- August 29, 2002
Florida Times-Union -
August 28, 2002
Sun Journal
(Lewiston, ME) - August 25, 2002
Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel -
September 8, 2002
Opp News (
Opp, AL) - September 5, 2002
Atlanta Journal - Constitution
(Atlanta, GA) - September 3, 2002
News Herald
(Panama City, FL) - August 29, 2002
Progressive Populist
(Storm Lake, IA) - October 1, 2002
Dodge City Daily Globe -
September 17, 2002
Artesia Daily Press
(Artesia, NM) - September 13, 2002
Sunday Chieftain and Star-Journal
(Pueblo, CO)- August 25, 2002
Kyle Eagle
(Kyle, TX) - September 11, 2002
Advance News (Manchester, NJ) - September 11, 2002
Daily Corinthian
(Corinth, MS) - September 8, 2002
Northwest Arkansas Times
(Fayetteville, AR) - September 6, 2002
P
ort Isabel - South Padre (Port Isabel, TX) - September 5, 2002
Middletown Press
(Middletown, CT) - September 14, 2002
Lake Worth Herald
(Lake Worth, FL) - September 12, 2002
Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KT) - September 15, 2002
Modesto Bee (Modesto, CA) - September 6, 2002
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - Sept 8, 2002 

Labor Day 2003: Nothing to Celebrate
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - Aug. 28, 2003
San Bernardino Sun
- Aug. 30, 2003
Sun-Sentinel
(Fort Lauderdale, FL) - September 1, 2003

 

The Other Side of the Story: Venezuela's Recall
International Herald Tribune, August 29, 2003

Stakes are High in IMF-Argentina Negotiations
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - August 13, 2003
Miami Herald - August 19, 2003

Independent Inquiry Needed for Uranium-gate
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - July 21, 2003
San Diego Union-Tribune -
July 25, 2003
Daily Press (Newport News, VA) - July 25, 2003
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) - July 27, 2003
Idaho Sunday Statesman (Boise, ID) - July 27, 2003
Sun Herald (Charlotte Harbor, FL) - July 27, 2003
Sunday Sun (North Port, FL) - July 27, 2003
Honolulu Sunday Advertiser - July 27, 2003
Wichita Eagle -  July 29, 2003
Youngstown Vindicator - July 29, 2003
Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL) - July 30, 2003
Kansas City Star
Birmingham News

Bush in Africa: Compassionate Protectionism?
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - July 9, 2003
Bangkok Post - July 12, 2003
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - July 13, 2003
Pocono Record - July 31, 2003

Threat of Deflation is Exaggerated
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services, July 2, 2003

Should Washington Try to Improve Relations With Venezuela?
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - June 19, 2003
Newport News Times ( VA) - June 24, 2003
Florida Times-Union - June 25, 2003
Garden City Telegram (Garden City, KS) - Aug. 6, 2003

States Should be Allowed to Tax Internet Sales
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - June 5, 2003
Free Lance Star
(Fredericksburg, VA) - June 7, 2003
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
- June 8, 2003
Charleston Gazette (West Virginia) - June 8, 2003
Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA) - June 7, 2003
North County Times (Escondido, CA) - June 8, 2003
South Bend Tribune - June 8, 2003
Sunday Gazette-Mail - June 8, 2003
Duluth News-Tribune - June 9, 2003
Vindicator - June 9, 2003
Idaho Statesman - June 10, 2003
Florida Times-Union - June 11, 2003
Daily Press (Newport News, VA)- June 12, 2003
Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, IN) - June 15, 2003
Lexington Herald-Leader - June 15, 2003
Northwest Arkansas Times - June 16, 2003
Columbian (Vancouver, WA) - June 17, 2003
Hanover Evening Sun - (Pennsylvania) - June 17, 2003
Reno Gazette-Journal - June, 2003
Middletown Press (Middletown, CT) - July 1, 2003

Tax Cut Continues "Class Warfare"
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - May 26, 2003
Daily News (Los Angeles) - May 27, 2003
Columbia Tribune - May 27, 2003
St. Augustine Record - May 27, 2003
Houston Chronicle - May 28, 2003
Tri-City Herald - May 28, 2003
San Diego Union-Tribune - May 29, 2003
Providence Journal - May 30, 2003
Biloxi Sun Herald - June 1, 2003
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - June 1, 2003
Tallahassee Democrat - June 1
Cincinnati Enquirer - June 1, 2003
Myrtle Beach Sun-News - June 1, 2003
Charleston Gazette-Mail - June 1, 2003
Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, GA) - June 1, 2003
Herald News (Passaic, NJ) - June 1, 2003
Sun Herald (Biloxi, MS) - June 1, 2003
Duluth News-Tribune - June 2, 2003
St. Paul Pioneer Press - June 2, 2003
Yakima Herald-Republic (Yakima, WA) - June 2, 2003
Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, IN) - June 8, 2003
Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS) - June 22, 2003

Argentina's Cancelled Election: It's the Economy, and the Electorate has Decided
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - May 19, 2003
Bangkok Post - May 24, 2003

When the Media Fails
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - May 6, 2003
Bangkok Post - May 9, 2003
Turlock Journal (Turlock, CA) - May 13, 2003
Columbia Tribune (Columbia, MO) - May 13, 2003
Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, GA) - May 14, 2003
Pasadena Star-News - May 14, 2003
Virgin Islands Daily News - May 14, 2003
Aventura News - July 9, 2003
The Western News (Lincoln County, MT) - July 9, 2003

A Phony Crisis Met By Deception
(Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot)
Boston Globe, May 4, 2003
 

U.S. Economic Prescriptions Still Failing in Latin America
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - April 24, 2003
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
(San Gabriel Valley, CA) - April 29, 2003
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin) - May 4, 2003

The IMF and the World Bank: Poverty Reduction and Growth? Or the Same Old Formula?
(Debayani Kar and Mark Weisbrot)
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services, April 10, 2003 

King's Legacy: Americans Must Choose Between War and Social Progress
April 4, 2003 

Will Iraq Become Bush's Vietnam?
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - March 31, 2003
Lima News (Lima, OH) - April 2, 2003
Centre Daily Times (State College, PA) - April 2, 2003
Bangkok Post - April 3, 2003

Military Force Won't Restore Lost U.S. Power
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services, March 20, 2003

Still No Problem With Social Security

Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Service - March 16, 2003
Sun Journal
(Lewiston, ME) - March 16, 2003
Daily Globe (Dodge City, KS) - April 7, 2003
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - July 20, 2003


High Powered Diplomacy at the UN: Advice for the "Willing"
Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Service - March 13, 2003
The Hour (Norwalk, CT)  - March 15, 2003


Why He Can't Wait
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - March 10, 2003
The Record (Bergen County, NJ) - March 13, 2003
Free Press (Burlington, VT) - March 14, 2003
Columbia Sunday Tribune (Columbia, MO) - March 16, 2003


Bush Unites the World
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services - February 17, 2003
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel -
February 20, 2003
Los Angeles Daily News - February 20, 2003
York Daily Record (York, PA) - February 23, 2003
Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, GA) - February 26, 2003


War Games: "Old Europe" Confronts Washington on Iraq
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Service - February 11, 2003
The Record (Bergen County, NJ) - February 12, 2003


Another World is Possible - And Necessary

Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Service - January 27, 2003
San Diego Union Tribune
- January 29, 2003
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) - February 2, 2003


A Split Screen in Strike-Torn Venezuela
Washington Post - January 12, 2003
Newsday
- January 15, 2003
En Español

Bush's New Tax Cut: Another Dividend for the Rich
Sacramento Bee - January 6, 2003
Fort Worth Star Telegram - January 8, 2003
Danbury News-Times - January 8, 2003
Providence Journal-Bulletin (Providence, RI) - January 9, 2003
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - January 12, 2003
The Sunday Gazette Mail (Charleston, WV) - January 12, 2003
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - January 16, 2003
Wise County Messenger (Decatur, TX) - February 27, 2003  

Court Steps In Where Political Corruption Blocks Reform
Charleston Sunday Gazette Mail, January 5, 2003
 
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