Commentary

Steve Forbes, the millionaire magazine publisher turned politician, is not likely to be elected pres

What's wrong with this picture? Japan is filled with overworked people who drink alcohol like crazy,

PRESIDENT CLINTON will sign legislation this week that profoundly alters the ground rules for commun

CHINA IS FIGHTING official corruption the way it deals with political opposition: It is executing th

The driver of a Moscow cab I rode in last week began a conversation about politics that lapsed frequ

ANOTHER AILING EUROPEAN AIRLINE, another multimillion-dollar bailout. Iberia, the Spanish na

STATE PILOTS SPEAK OUTThose who want to participate in steering the future of piloting shoul

IN ONE OF WASHINGTON'S annual rites, the White House Monday presented its budget for the next fiscal

Mergers and acquisitions are all the rage, but not every business combination works out. Richard Fer

GENNADY ZYUGANOV has a talent for telling people what they want to hear. At the World Econom

THE EUROPEAN UNION'S BAN on imports of U.S. hormone-treated beef presents a test by fire for the Wor

The Clinton administration thinks it's time to extend permanent "most favored nation" treatment to R

Like a lot of my fellow corporate chiefs, I've been paying a lot of attention to my bottom line late

"America's prosperity and its progress depend on a wise government." So explains Sen. Bill Bradley i

COSTLY AND QUESTIONABLE travel at the departments of Energy and Commerce has been an embarrassment t

With some delay caused by the Blizzard of '96, the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Re

The announced mass layoffs at AT&T and all the hubbub about the federal budget bring up the perennia

PRESSED BY ITS POOR economic performance, South Korea is taking some encouraging steps to open its e

The arrogance of the U.S. medical establishment was paraded before the nation again last week.

The scene: the office of Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges. The time: late 1963. Visiting the

FRANCO-U.S. RELATIONS have had their ups and downs. Right now, though, the two countries are getting

REFORMING federal tax policy is all the rage these days, but at least one state also might benefit f

AID CAN HELP POOR COUNTRIESIn the Jan. 5 opinion article, "Aid Doesn't Help Poor Nations," (

AT&T lops off 40,000 jobs. Jobless claims are up. Housing starts slump despite low interest rates. S

The American economy appears to be headed for a recession this year. No matter who is in charge of t

DEFENDING OCEAN SHIPPING CONFERENCESI've been reluctant to write concerning your Jan

"We can do without Taiwan for the time being; let it come after 100 years . . . Why is there need to

Bryan Johnson and Thomas Sheehy take the occasion of the publication of their latest Index of Econom

RICH AND POOR NATIONS alike are flocking to the World Trade Organization judiciary to seek the resol

In one fell swoop, your Dec. 8 editorial, "No Shipbuilding Subsidy," managed to dispose of the entir

STARTING MARCH 1, New York cabbies must be polite, drive air-conditioned cars, speak English and kno

While Europe agonizes over the Euro, its planned single currency, it is still the greenback that cou

Sudden, but not surprising. This was how U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor described the rise

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT, U.S. labor unions are showing signs of outgrowing theirinsularity and

ONE OF THE LAST VESTIGES of Cold War economic policy all but disappeared last week. U.S. restriction

The timetable for broad tax revision, such as a flat tax or other consumption- based levy, may quiet

MORE THAN A YEAR after its peso crisis began, Mexico's economy remains in a deep recession. Still, s

UP-SP MERGER IMPROVES COMPETITIONRip Watson's Jan. 19 Inside Talk column (Page 2B) was an in

On Dec. 31, 1995, America took the final step in one of the most important public health actions eve

A line was dropped from Greg Mastel's Jan. 24 opinion article, "In Defense of Trade Politics," becau