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2007 - Mark Weisbrot's Op-eds & Columns

A Lesson From the Last, and Next, Recession
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, December 29, 2007
Youngstown Vindicator (OH), December 29, 2007
Standard Times (MA), December 31, 2007
Charlotte Observer (NC), December 31, 2007
Austin-American Statesman (TX),  December 31, 2007
Columbus Dispatch (OH), January 1, 2008
Kansas City Star (MO), January 1, 2008
Janesville Gazette
(WI), January 1, 2008
Lansing State Journal (MI), January 2, 2008
Philadelphia Inquirer (PA), January 2, 2008
Rochester Post-Bulletin (MN), January 2, 2008
Akron Beacon Journal (OH), January 2, 2008
Myrtle Beach Sun-News (SC), January 2, 2008
San Diego Union-Tribune (CA), January 3, 2008
CommonDreams.org, January 3, 2008
AlterNet, January 3, 2008
Fresno Bee (CA), January 6, 2008
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA), January 6, 2008
The Pantagraph (IL), January 6, 2008
Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN), January 6, 2008
Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), January 6, 2008
International Business Times, January 8, 2008
Rome News-Tribune (GA), January 13, 2008
International Falls Daily Journal (MN), January 30, 2008
Keene Sentinel (NH), February 14, 2008

The Cold War Rages On
The Guardian Unlimited, December 20, 2007

Housing Crash Still Weighs on the Economy
AlterNet, December 12, 2007
Global Policy Forum, December 12, 2007
International Business Times, December 13, 2007


Progressive Change in Venezuela and Latin America

TheNation.com, December 7, 2007
En español

Venezuela is Not Florida

McClatchy Tribune Information Services, December 5, 2007
Topeka Capital-Journal (KS), December 14, 2007
En español

Holocaust Denial, American Style
AlterNet, November 21, 2007
Truthout, November 21, 2007

Democracy Still Alive and Well in Venezuela

New Statesman (UK), November 21, 2007
AlterNet, November 27, 2007
En español

Bat Boy Lives! As Do Myths About Social Security

AlterNet, November 14, 2007
Truthout, November 14, 2007
History News Network (GMU), November 16, 2007

Who's Afraid of a Falling Dollar?

AlterNet, November 8, 2007



A Bank of Their Own

AlterNet, October 31, 2007
En español

How Argentina Jump-Started Its Economy

Los Angeles Times, October 30, 2007
October 30, 2007
The China Post, October 31, 2007
The Record (Ontario), October 31, 2007
Canton-Repository (OH), November 3, 2007
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
November 4, 2007
En español

IMF Misses Epoch-Making Changes in the Global Economy

International Herald Tribune, October 19, 2007
En español

Why the "Free Trade" Agenda is Losing Steam
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, October 4, 2007
Peoria Star-Journal
(IL),
October 7, 2007
Duluth News-Tribune (MN), October 7, 2007
The Augusta Chronicle (GA), October 8, 2007
The Anniston Star (AL), October 9, 2007
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX), October 14, 2007
Buffalo News (NY), October 14, 2007
Cape Cod Times (MA), October 14, 2007
International Business Times, October 15, 2007
Kansas City Star (MO), October 21, 2007

San Diego Union-Tribune (CA), October 21, 2007
Topeka Capital-Journal (KS), October 26, 2007

Threats, Dirty Tricks, Fake Polls: Costa Rica Votes Under Duress on ‘Free Trade'
AlterNet, October 5, 2007
CommonDreams.org,
October 6, 2007
October 7, 2007

Needed for Labor Day: Something to Celebrate
M
cClatchy Tribune Information Services, August 31, 2007
St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN), August 31, 2007
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX), September 3, 2007
Arizona Daily Star (AZ), September 3, 2007
Pasadena Star-News (CA), September 3, 2007
Charlotte Observer (NC), September 3, 2007
Kansas City Star (MO), September 8, 2007

Eyes Wide Shut: The International Media Looks at Venezuela

International Business Times
, August 13, 2007
Seminario La Voz (Argentina), August 14, 2007
Truthout, August 15, 2007
En español

Media-Generated "Scandal" Undermines Democracy in Ecuador
Guardian.co.uk, July, 26, 2007
AlterNet, July 26, 2007
En español

Argentina's Hold-Out Bondholders Try to Scare Ecuador, Not Very Effectively

International Business Times, July 24, 2007
En español

Congress Should Reject Trade Agreement with Colombia

WashingtonPost.com, July 6, 2007
CommonDreams.org, July 12, 2007
Kansas City Star, August 18, 2007
AFL-CIO Milwaukee Labor Press, August 23, 2007
En español 

Globalization, Productivity, and "Protectionism": CEPR Responds To Foreign Affairs
(with Dean Baker)
International Business Times, July 6, 2007 

A New Assertiveness for Latin American Governments
International Business Times, June 11, 2007
CommonDreams.org,
En español

Venezuela and the Media: Fact and Fiction
(with Robert McChesney)
CommonDreams.org, June 1, 2007
Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, June 3, 2007
En español

Wolfowitz and the Bank
The Nation, May 24, 2007

IMF and World Bank Face Declining Authority as Venezuela Announces Withdrawal 
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, May 1, 2007
CommonDreams.org,
En español

Economic Misinformation Plays a Major Role in French Election
WashingtonPost.com, April 26, 2007
CommonDreams.org,
Courrier International, May 2, 2007
En Français

Bringing the World Bank into the 21st Century
Sacramento Bee, April 25, 2007
San Diego Union-Tribune
, April 25, 2007
Bismark Tribune, April 30, 2007

IMF's Fall from Power
WashingtonPost.com, April 13, 2007

The IMF at 63 – An Early Retirement?
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, April 4, 2007
Charlotte Observer, April 9, 2007
Taiwan News, April 6, 2007
Kansas City Sunday Star (MO), April 15, 2007
Fresno Sunday Bee (CA), April 15, 2007
Pueblo Sunda Chieftain & Star-Journal (CO), April 15, 2007
En español

Is Hugo Chavez a Threat to Stability? No. 
International Affairs Forum, April 2, 2007
CommonDreams.org,

Every Uninsured Child Should Have Access to Health Care 
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, March 30, 2007
Kansas City Star (MO), March 30, 2007
Duluth News-Tribune (MN), March 31, 2007
Anniston Daily Star (AL), April 1, 2007
Pueblo Sunday Chieftain & Star-Journal, April 1, 2007
Charleston Sunday Gazette-Mail (WV), April 1, 2007
Charlotte Observer (NC), April 2, 2007
Fresno Sunday Bee (CA), April 8, 2007
Bloomington Sunday Pantagraph (IL), April 8, 2007

Provo Daily Herald (UT), April 12, 2007

Democracy Pays Off in Bolivia
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, March 19, 2007
Taiwan News, March 26, 2007
Las noticias de Panama, April 8, 2007
En español

Turning the Tables
Emerging Markets, March 18, 2007

Why Latin Americans are Skeptical of U.S. Intentions
Nieman Watchdog, March 9, 2007

President Bush's Trip to Latin America Is All About Denial
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services - March 5, 2007
AlterNet - March 6, 2007
Gainesville Sun
(FL) - March 11, 2007
Contra Costa Times (CA) - March 11, 2007
Eaton Star Democrat (MD) - March 22, 2007
Topeka Capital Journal (KS) - March 23, 2007

En español

President Bush's New Gambles in the Middle East
(with Robert Naiman) 
CommonDreams.org - Feb. 10, 2007
Temas para el debate
(Madrid) - March 2007
En español