Commentary

The good news is that the world economy is on the cusp of a synchronized economic expansion, the fir

The economic message from the Republican National Convention in San Diego this week was a call for g

Mexico's ruling party has held power for nearly sev en decades, outlasting even Communist Party con

MARITIME GRADUATESARE IN DEMANDDavid Lee's feature on the State University of New York Marit

Alexander Lebed, Russia's national security chief, appears to have succeeded in brokering a cease-fi

A West Coast dockworkers' strike was averted last month when management and labor agreed to a genero

Robert Dole's proposed tax cuts have been dubbed warmed-over supply-sideism by his political opponen

Today, some Americans view Southeast Asia through the prism of America's unhappy experience in Vietn

MULTINATIONALSAND LOW-WAGE LABORRegarding your July 29 editorial, ''Hypocrisy and Child Labo

A recent poll by the Public Agenda Foundation found that 80 percent of all Americans believe young p

Boris Yeltsin rose from the depths of the opinion polls earlier this year to win a new term as Russi

The notorious British disease of the 1970s and early 1980s, labor strife, is making a comeback. Cons

Let the bells ring, let the people rejoice. For once, economic sanity has prevailed over political p

Quiz time: How many economists does it take to make dinner?Answer: Five! One to shop, one to

Few pieces of legislation could have as profound an effect on families and local jurisdictions as th

Gdansk shipyard, the cradle of the Polish Solidarity trade union, was declared bankrupt last week, a

SUGAR FARMERS NEEDPROTECTION FROM IMPORTSDennis Avery's opinion column, ''Limited freedom to

''The meeting of the Conference Agreement on Rates and Tariffs in Eastern Lanes will now come to ord

House Democrats refused to bring ethics charges sought by the Congressional Accountability Project a

Seldom has a political party fallen as far or as fast as the Republicans. The Grand Old Party, which

The question of smoking and what to do about it has never had a higher profile - complete with presi

Last year, the late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and European Union leaders established the Trans-At

After months of wrangling, Japan and the United States agreed last week to a semiconductor deal. Sel

Bob Dole's new tax proposals may not add up, but his economic plan has other things to recommend it.

LABOR RULES SHOULDAPPLY TO EVERYONEYour July 29 editorial, ''Hypocrisy and child labor'' (Pa

As Mexico's economy recovers from recession, the authorities there are addressing the residual banki

Terrorism, plague and crime notwithstanding, the biggest hazard facing the overseas business travele

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto of Japan is off to Latin America soon to fill the void left by the

China has been trying to join the world trading system for nearly 10 years. In the last two years Ch

EX-IM BANK JUSTDOING ITS JOBAmong his many inaccuracies, Ron Gottshall misunderstands the Ex

Robert Dole, erstwhile majority leader of the U.S. Senate and prospective Republican candidate for t

Scientists have discovered fossils of microscopic bacteria in a 3-billion-year-old Martian meteorite

Staggering and out of sync, European countries are marching toward monetary union. If all goes accor

A new kind of terrorism is threatening the West.Free-lance terrorism.Terrorists have become

Whodunit to whom - organized labor to the railroads, large railroads to short lines, railroads to th

Greetings, friend! Let me buy you a drink. How about a tall, frosty glass of a highly advertised new

Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., is trying to spark a great debate: How can the United States help the A

A new economic and political dogma is being preached in the current debate on medical and health pol

Faced with a sharp drop in tax revenue, Moscow is imposing levies on suitcase-size importers. In doi

Bob Dole's new economic plan is risky, unrealistic and fated to fail. Although the principle behind