Commentary

President Clinton should forget the example set by his predecessors during the last three decades an

Congress has yet to display the "new look" that seemed likely with the election of a host of freshme

A gasoline tax is now being promoted by many as a way of reducing the deficit, expanding infrastruct

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY'S battered Exchange Rate Mechanism was put to another perilous test in recent

When a person gets sick, he or she wants to see a doctor - not necessarily a cardiologist or a gastr

BRITISH AIRWAYS may not know it, but its proposed deal with USAir is in trouble. The big U.S

What do you do if your advisers grimly stare across the table and tell you what you are about to do

LOOMING SHORTFALLS in Social Security aren't confined to the United States. In France, and elsewhere

The first shot in the Great Steel War of 1993 was fired in Washington last week. The Commerc

Six months into the presidency of free market conservative Sixto Duran, Ecuador has begun to break w

WHY WE DON'T NEED OIL IMPORT FEESThe Jan. 29 op-ed article by Eugene L. Ames Jr., promoting

THE NORTH AMERICAN free-trade agreement is opening most industries to freer trade and investment, bu

SOCIAL SECURITY is widely regarded as the "third rail" of politics: Touch it and you die. The Clinto

To recoin a once-popular Jane Ace line (she of radio's Easy Aces - surely, you remember), "Why, you

"Clintonomics," Bill Clinton's plan to spur growth through public investment, is about to become a r

The Yangtze Optical Fibre Cable Company, a Sino-Dutch joint venture in Wuhan, has a worry. Right now

FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE who has everything, computer scientists have developed a new aid: a

BILL CLINTON wants to honor his campaign promises, but consumers wouldn't mind a bit if he forgets a

For the full year 1992, the number of wage and salary workers in the United States rose by almost ex

In an effort to connect his presidential campaign with ordinary Americans, President Bill Clinton fr

Europe's monetary officials were glad to see 1992 end. The British pound, Portuguese escudo, Irish p

AMERICA'S RAILROADS, which not long ago were struggling, have rebounded, and that includes Amtrak.

NEXT TIME you're at an international airport, compare the check-in lines for a U.S. airline's overse

While the Dallas Cowboys passed their way to victory in Super Bowl XXVII, I bought the wrong puts an

Environmentalists may not have won as much of a publicity coup as they had hoped for after the Braer

DUMPING LAWS are the weapon of choice for the world's steel-trading nations. On Friday, Japa

U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor is nearing decisions on who will be his top deputies, and cu

Let's agree, for starters, that: - Hillary Rodham Clinton is smart.- Hillary Rodham Clinton

It takes new eyes to see and new words to express what's happening at the Nuclear Regulatory Commiss

SEARS . . . BOEING . . . IBM . . . Every week brings more grim news of layoffs for tens of thousands

FEDERAL BANK REGULATORS are turning to private insurance markets to reduce taxpayer liabilities for

President Clinton killed Dan Quayle's Council on Competitiveness last week. Still, the underlying ex

MEXICO'S ECONOMIC REBIRTH during the last five years is only half of its success story. Along with r

Choice. A simple word, with powerful meaning. People have appropriated it for ages. A choice, not an

Oil is grabbing headlines again this week. The new secretary of the treasury, Lloyd Bentsen,

Bill Clinton entered the White House with a pledge to reorganize government to promote American high

GOOD REASONS FOR ISRAEL'S DEPORTATIONSRegarding your recent editorial on Palestinian deporte

For the investment tax credit promised as a critical ingredient in candidate Bill Clinton's economic

NO ONE MANIPULATES the trade laws like Big Steel - unless, of course, it's the regulators who enforc

Investors beware! The new Clinton administration is sending all the wrong signals about the economy: