Commentary

DR. DEMING DIDN'T SELL AMERICA SHORTI read with interest your editorial on the late Dr. W. E

It is time for the United States to think hard about what it really wants the Russia of the future t

THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT admitted Tuesday inflation in major cities hit nearly 20 percent this year.

The day after Russia's parliamentary elections, President Clinton said he was not surprised by the s

Contemplative Buddhist monks with the latest 29-inch Sony Trinitron. Teen-age ''anarchists" who stop

RICHARD GEPHARDT made big news last week, although it didn't get much attention. The House Majority

In 1992, while George Bush was still in the White House, journalists rarely saw an economic number t

Lloyd's of London enters 1994 with dwindling hopes that Names - the private investors who stake thei

The last three months have seen remarkable achievements in U.S. trade policy. The North American Fre

ANY INSTITUTION that increases its membership by one-third must expect to change in important ways.

WHY TRUCK TARIFFS ARE NEEDEDThe recent letter from Edward M. Emmett, president of the Nation

The U.S. Conference of Mayors, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities and the I

Some say it was a sordid deal cut between two former political foes who suddenly turned pragmatic. O

'Tis the season to be jolly,'and, in a consumer culture, that means spend, spend, spend. Of

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION has eagerly embraced the information age. The president was promoting a n

JAPANESE STEEL TAKES ON ROCKEFELLERI have great respect for Sen. John D. Rockefeller

RUSSIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION has given the West a case of the jitters. The strong showing of nati

While most of the country was busy preparing for the holidays, an obscure regulatory body created un

Few of the Uruguay Round trade accords reached last week at the Geneva-based General Agreement on Ta

EVEN SANTA CLAUS has been touched by the worldwide unemployment problem. Although the jolly

In Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa's first policy speech to Japan's parliament, he pledged to curb

Argentina is squeezing U.S. air carriers out of the profitable Buenos Aires market in order to prote

W. EDWARDS DEMING, America's best known management guru, was a harsh critic of U.S. corporations. In

Investors must deal with the fallout from the long-simmering confrontation between the White House a

ROMANIA this week marks the fourth anniversary of the ouster of dictator Nicolae Ceausescuand the en

Will Rogers once observed, "The Congress is adjourned. The Republic is safe." He was right, but he f

ALTHOUGH THE U.S. ECONOMY is improving, Europe is still in the doldrums. The Organization for Econom

PERILS OF WORKING ON THE RAILROADThe problem of crew calling to which Larry Kaufman refers i

BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY has increased sharply in the last few years, and trucking has been no exceptio

Europe was the clear winner from last week's historic GATT world trade pact. Europe will rea

A friend of mine likes to quip that nothing was ever said for the first time. Nonetheless,I think I

With the Uruguay Round trade deal completed, the Clinton administration is tackling another tough tr

WHO SAYS economics is a dismal science? Listen to most economists these days and you beginto feel po

At the height of the holiday season, the finer points of labor law and the president's role in resol

Last week, assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs Alexander Watson warned that an e

IT'S RARE for a big city mayor to threaten to close the local airport. But Richard Riordan of Los An

VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY, Russia's latest extremist, is threatening to reverse economic reforms, but don

Over the last decade, many U.S. companies have reduced the amount of fundamental scientific research

It's been 15 years since I read a book review that caused me to put into words my deepest conviction

US NEEDS BROAD EXPORT TRADE CENTERNow that the North American Free Trade Agreement has final