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• "The Right Choice For The Fed"
  November 7, 2005
• "What Price Catastrophe Risk?"
  October 3, 2005
• "The Political Power Of The Pew "
  August 22, 2005
• "Quit Bullying China"
  July 18, 2005
• "How The Fed Could Channel Greenspan"
  June 13, 2005
• "Iraq: One Nation Under Allah"
  May 9, 2005
• "Why Private Accounts Are Bad Public Policy"
  April 4, 2005
• "The Case of Asia's 'Missing Women'"
  February 28, 2005
• "How Tax Reform Drives Growth and Investment"
  January 24, 2005
• "Bias Beyond a ReasonableDoubt " The Weekly Standard
  December 13, 2004
• "Mysteries Of The Gaping Current-Account Gap "
  December 13, 2004
• "Debunking the Myths of the Kerry Campaign "
  November 8, 2004
• "Why are the Dems Griping about Jobs? "
  October 4, 2004
• "Drugs Via Canada? The Side Effects Could Hurt "
  August 30, 2004
• "Uncle Sam Wants You, But The Draft Is History"
  July 26, 2004
• "The Liberal Media: It's No Myth"
  June 14, 2004
• "The Tea Leaves that Matter to the Fed"
  May 10, 2004
• "A Step in the Right Direction for Iraq"
  April 5, 2004

• "Go Figure," Wall Street Journal

  March 9, 2004

• "It's the Spending, Stupid - Not the Deficit"
  March 1, 2004

• "Don't Sweat the Sickly Employment Numbers"
  January 26, 2004
• "The GOP Doth Protect Too Much, Methinks"
  December 15, 2003
• "What's in a Name For Black Job Seekers?"
  November 3, 2003
• "The Stubborn Jobless Rate: Puzzling, but Far from Scary"
  September 29, 2003
• "Why the Second Half Looks More Solid Every Day"
  August 25, 2003
• "South Korea: How to Keep the Miracle Going"
  June 9, 2003
• "Have No Fear: Bush's Tax Plan Won't Jack Up Interest Rates"
  May 5, 2003
• "A Democratic Iraq Isn't An Impossible Dream"
  March 31, 2003
• "There's A Lot To Like in Bush's Tax Plan"
  February 24, 2003
• "Bush's Tax Cuts: Reagonomics Redux?"
  January 20, 2003
• "The Best Little Monopoly in America"
  December 9, 2002
• "Bush's Economic Policies: The Bull's-Eyes and Busts"
  November 4, 2002
• "China's Slow Yet Steady March to Reform"
  September 30, 2002
• "Bush's Economics Team Is Broken, and It's Time to Fix It"
  August 26, 2002
• "Pleading the Case for a Paid-Jury System"
  July 22, 2002
• "The Myth that Poverty Breeds Terrorism"
  June 10, 2002
• "The U.N. Is Dead Wrong on Poverty and Inequality"
  May 6, 2002
• "Big Steel Doesn't Need Any More Propping Up"
  April 1, 2002
• "The State of the Union: Bush Mostly Got It Right"
  February 25, 2002
• "Don't Bank on Democracy in Afghanistan"
  January 21, 2002
• "Is Prosperity Next to Godliness?"
  December 10, 2001
• "Why the War Against Terror Will Boost the Economy"
  November 5, 2001
• "Why the U.S. Economy Will Rise Again"
  October 1, 2001
• "How's Bush Doing? A Six-Month Report Card"
  August 27, 2001
• "Why Would a Rock Star Want to Talk to Me?"
  July 16, 2001
• "A 'Yankee Imperialist' Offers Asia a Road Map"
  June 11, 2001
• "Argentina's Cavallo May not Play the Hero this Time"
  May 7, 2001
• "Why Colleges Shouldn't Dump the SAT"
  April 9, 2001
• "Boy, We Really Need a Tax Cut"
  February 26, 2001
• "Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones..."
  January 22, 2001
• "The Dollar Club: Why Countries Are So Keen to Join"
  December 11, 2000
• "Gore's 'Reckless and Offensive' Passion for the Environment"
  November 6, 2000
• "Attention Consumers: Creativity Never Comes Cheap"
  October 2, 2000
• "Compassionate Conservatism: Look Beyond the Label"
  September 4, 2000
• "Mexico: Democracy is Great, but What About Economic Reform?"
  July 31, 2000
• "Privatizing Social Security: Where Both Sides go Wrong"
  July 3, 2000
• "Is the Market Too High or Too Low? Maybe a Little of Both,"
  June 5, 2000
• "With Friends Like Opec, Who Needs..."
  May 8, 2000
• "If We Can't Abolish the IMF, Let's at Least Make Big Changes,"
  April 10, 2000.
  
• "To Beat Colombia's Guerrillas, Legalize Drugs in the U.S.,"
  March 13, 2000.
  
• "Clueless on the Alps- or Why I'm Down on Davos,"
  February 14, 2000.
  
• "One Pinochet Legacy that Deserves to Live,"
  January 17, 2000.
  
• "How to Build Your Own Fed Crystal Ball,"
  December 6, 1999.
  
• "Mundell: The Man Who Laid the Groundwork for the Euro,"
  November 1, 1999.
  
• "Does Abortion Lower the Crime Rate?,"
  September 27, 1999.
  
• "Is Alan Greenspan a Genius- or Just Plain Lucky?,"
  August 16, 1999.
  
• "My Luncheon with Bono,"
  July 12, 1999.
  
• "A Look at Larry Summers- from Haircuts,"
  June 7, 1999.
  
• "The Men Running Brazil Still Don't Get It,"
  May 3, 1999.
  
• "Does an Income Gap Put a Hex on Growth?,"
  March 29, 1999.
  
• "Reagan vs. Clinton: Who's the Economic Champ?,"
  February 22, 1999.
  
• "Even Economists Can't Wait to Spend a Surplus,"
  January 18, 1999.
  
• "The IMF Doesn't Put Out Fires, It Starts Them,"
  December 7, 1998.
  
• "Malaysia Could Do Worse Than This Economic Plan,"
  November 2, 1998.
  "What Might Save Russia: Tying the Ruble to the Dollar,"
  September 28, 1998.
  
• "Why the Antitrust Cops Should Lay Off High Tech,"
  August 17, 1998.
  
• "Milton Friedman: Being Right is the Best Revenge,"
  July 13, 1998.
  "Don't Tinker with Social Security, Reinvent It,"
  June 8, 1998.
  
• "The East Asian Tigers Have Plenty to Roar About,"
  April 27, 1998.
  
• "So You Want to Hire the Beautiful. Well, Why Not?,"
  March 16, 1998.
  

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• "Bill Gates's Charitable Vistas,"
  June 19, 2007.
• "Let the Dollar Reign from Seattle to Santiago,"
  March 8, 1999.
• "Adios Peso?"
  August 15, 2001.