Commentary

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

I am writing this column not long after putting up our Christmas tree and therefore should not be he

The successful Uruguay Round GATT agreement reduces trade barriers in many sectors and broadens the

ABOUT THE BEST that can be said of Russia's parliamentary election is that it was largely free of vo

A GATT DEAL has arrived in time for Christmas, and it's just the gift slumping national economies ne

With Congress in recess, Washington is officially on vacation this month. But you would be hard pres

VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY, the Russian ultra-nationalist who emerged from Sunday's elections as a force-t

Senate Republican leader Bob Dole is showing signs of heeding key lessons of 1992. Even so, however,

IT'S MUCH LESS than it could have been. The new GATT world trade deal, which will be unveiled in Gen

Suddenly Vietnam is being touted as tomorrow's economic superstar. "One of the most promisin

In any competition for champion liar of the U.S. government, the Department of Energy, maker and gua

The collapse of the Berlin Wall, the miscarriage of the European Monetary Union, the end of the Japa