Op-Eds - Archive

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"The Other Liquid Gold," The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. December 27 2007.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Right on the Money," The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. December 21, 2007.

Raja Kamal.

"Weapons deal won't help Arab countries," Chicago Tribune. November 25, 2007.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Shooting Ourselves in the Economy," The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. November 28, 2007.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Grounded: Why the Airlines Need an Overhaul," The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. November 15, 2007.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Pulling Up Terrorism's Economic Roots," The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. November 12, 2007.

Robert LaLonde.

"Helping Workers Where it Hurts," Washington Post. October 17, 2007.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Maternity 'Leave' Doesn't Mean Forever," The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. October 2, 2007.

E. Packer Wilbur.

"Strategic redeployment: The best of a bad set of Iraq options," Connecticut Post, September 30, 2007.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"When One Plus One Equals Three," The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. September 5, 2007.

Raja Kamal.

"An Educational Warning Shot for Arabs." Daily Star (Lebanon). August 24, 2007.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Want Good Schools? First, Define 'Good'," The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. August 1, 2007.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"You Get What (and Who) You Vote For," The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. July 4, 2007.

Raja Kamal.

"Fighting militancy with economics." Chicago Tribune. June 19, 2007.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Mining an Alternative Fuel Disaster," The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. June 6, 2007.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Privatize the Postal Service (for Starters)," The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. May 2, 2007.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Health Care and the R Word," The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. April 4, 2007.

Raja Kamal.

"Emerging Sunni-Israeli alliance holds hope for Mideast peace" Chicago Sun-Times. March 29, 2007.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"An Economics Laundry List," The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. March 14, 2007.

Raja Kamal and Tom Palmer.

"Freedom for an Egyptian blogger and freethinker," The Daily Star. February 20,2007.

Raja Kamal.

"Pity Lebanon." February 14, 2007.(PDF)

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Markets Make Sense, Except When They Don't." The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. February 13, 2007.

E. Packer Wilbur.

"Stop Placing U.S. Lives at Risk in Iraq." Connecticut Post. January 21, 2007. (PDF)

Raja Kamal.

"Iraq has become the sum of 3 parts." Chicago Tribune. January 18, 2007. (PDF)

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Why Income Equality Matters." The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. January 10, 2007.

William Howell.

"Will Bush's war policy be tamed by new Congress?" Chicago Tribune. January 8, 2007.

Raja Kamal.

"Oil won't last; invest in Arab education." The Daily Star. January 5, 2007.

Raja Kamal.

"Redefining Islam in Europe." January 2, 2007. (PDF)

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"If They Only Had a Brain." The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. December 13, 2006.

Raja Kamal.

"Don't sacrifice fragile Lebanon to curry favor with Syria." Chicago Sun-Times. December 5, 2006.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"The Fat of the Land." The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. November 1, 2006.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Why Quick Fixes Never Last." The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. October 4, 2006.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"For True Policy Change, Look Backward." The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. September 6, 2006.

Raja Kamal.

"What did Hezbollah learn from Katrina?" Union Leader. August 29, 2006

Raja Kamal.

"After cease-fire, who has the edge?" Chicago Tribune. August 15, 2006.

Jeffrey Grogger.

"Half Fixed or Half Broken?" Chicago Tribune. August 13, 2006.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"A Moral Hazard of Global Proportions." The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. August 4, 2006.

Raja Kamal.

"U.S. attack on Iraq strengthened Iran." Chicago Sun-Times. August 3, 2006.

Raja Kamal.

Panel discussion: "Israel, Hezbollah, and Lebanon" WGN Radio 720, Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg. August 3, 2006

Raja Kamal.

"A tipping point in the Arab world." Hamilton Spectator, July 31, 2006.

Susan Mayer.

"Big Ideas for Economic Growth." Al-Eqtisadyah. July 28, 2006.

Raja Kamal.

"In whose best interest?" Chicago Tribune. July 19, 2006.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"The Big Idea: An Energy Tax." The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. July 5, 2006.

Susan Mayer.

"Rumors of Poverty." Al-Eqtisadyah. June 28, 2006.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"When Protecting Jobs Only Destroys Them." The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. June 7, 2006.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Debunking One of the Worst Ideas in Economics." The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. May 3, 2006.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Taxes Can be Good for You." The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. April 5, 2006.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"The Top 10 Reasons for Soaring Health Care." The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. March 1, 2006.

Raja Kamal.

"Leveraging Aid to the Palestinians." Chicago Tribune. February 3, 2006.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Tackling the Social Security Mess." The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. February 1, 2006.

Charles Wheelan, PhD'98.

"Why what's good for India us good for us." The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance. January 4, 2006.

Lawrence Rothfield.

"Have we really thought about what it means to improve New Orleans?" Chicago Tribune. September 23, 2005.

Raja Kamal.

"Saudi Arabia's missed opportunity." Chicago Tribune. August 4, 2005.

Kimberly Palmer, MPP 2004.

"Doctors' beauty offers entail health risks." USA Today. March 8, 2004.

Charles Glaser.

"Commentary: Revisit the Deterrence Question; Iraq's nonuse of WMD casts doubt on U.S. thinking," Los Angeles Times. May 12, 2003.

Anne Richard '84.

"U.S. foreign spending: when stinginess costs plenty." International Herald Tribune. February 25, 2003.

Michael Heaney, PhD student.

"I Have Chad News for You." Washington Post. November 3, 2002.

Jeffrey Milyo.

"Political Process Works." USA Today. October 2, 2002.

Don Coursey's op-ed.

"Environmental fantasies run amok." Chicago Tribune. June 13, 2001.

Thomas DeLeire.

"The Other Side of the Disabled-Rights Law" Chicago Tribune. July 30, 2000.

Opinion Editorial.

Trust or Antitrust at the AMA (June 15, 2000)

Opinion Editorial.

Use of Surveys to Turn the Political Tide Against the Spread of AIDS" (April 25, 2000)