MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY
(Mary O'Grady)
Mary O’Grady is commenting on Venezuela as a perfect example of the failings of socialist policies in practice.
Mary Anastasia O'Grady — also published as Mary O'Grady — is an editor of the Wall Street Journal and member of the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board since 2005. She writes predominantly on Latin America and is a co-editor of the Index of Economic Freedom. Ms. O'Grady joined the WSJ in August 1995 and became a senior editorial page writer in December 1999. She was appointed an editorial board member in November 2005. She is also a member of the board of directors of the Indianapolis-based Liberty Fund. In 2012 Ms. O’Grady won the Walter Judd Freedom Award from The Fund for American Studies. In 2009 Ms. O'Grady received the Thomas Jefferson Award from The Association of Private Enterprise Education. In 2005 Ms. O'Grady won the Bastiat Prize for Journalism awarded by the International Policy Network for her articles on the World Bank, the underground economy in Brazil and the bad economic advice the U.S. often gives to Latin American countries. In 1997 Ms. O'Grady won the Inter American Press Association's Daily Gleaner Award for editorial commentary. Ms. O'Grady received a bachelor's degree in English from Assumption College and an M.B.A. in financial management from Pace University
