Commentary

ECONOMIC INDICATORS have been mixed and confusing all year, and the year-end figures are no differen

For decades, when the industrialized nations sneezed, developing Asia caught a cold. But over the pa

Forget IBM's travails, for the moment. The newest flap at the Harvard Business Review - over its pul

SLOWLY AND TENTATIVELY, Bill Clinton is zeroing in on a fundamental cause of skyrocketing health car

President-elect Clinton got elected on domestic issues. "It's the economy, stupid," was the campaign

The American economy will pass "go" next week at a good clip. Output of goods and services, inflatio

Imagine addressing your boss not by name but by title. "Good morning, president," you might say, or

Can anyone credibly endorse our current federal income tax system? If not, then why do we still have

TUESDAY'S COLLAPSE of the proposed British Airways-USAir deal robs both nations of the chance to dis

Once again the European Commission is under siege. The efforts of the commission, the Europe

THE U.S. TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT broke new ground this fall when it offered a detailed proposal fo

IF YOU DISCOVERED a doctor had cheated on a medical exam, would you let him operate on you? Most peo

The seemingly endless barrage of steel trade suits filed by the American steel industry will not sol

Speculation continues on who President-elect Clinton will select to be his U.S. trade representative

GERMANY'S PARLIAMENT, disgusted with rising deficits in the national health insurance system, took m

Independence is a difficult concept for Central Asia's former Soviet republics. Strugglingto define

The modern cinema often portrays the early 20th century as the gilded age of romance and comfortable

An influential think tank here is pushing a plan for three separate federal budgets that evokes memo

DEFENSE WORKERS are bracing for more bad news from the incoming administration. Bill Clinton said du

As the Clinton administration assumes office with a pledge to expand U.S. markets overseas, it must

THE OLD SOVIET UNION died one year ago this month, and it's tempting to say Boris Yeltsin's reform p

IF YOU STILL THINK of Third World nations as sinkholes for Western aid, think again. For the first t

Perhaps one of the most important things about the economic teach-in down in Little Rock is the way

What insurance issues is Congress likely to address in the coming year? I will divide the subject in

The trucking industry's freight bill undercharge crisis has had shippers in a state of near-panic fo

In the weeks before the election, more than 600 economists signed a petition supporting the candidac

BEEN CAR SHOPPING LATELY? If you have, you know air bags are big selling points. In fact, safety is

IF PRODUCTIVITY WERE MEASURED in output of words, this week's economic ''summit" in Little Rock woul

WARD AND HAJDU: NO FEUD HEREI feel I must respond to your Dec. 9 article, "Ward, Other Incum

Any way one chooses to examine it, the massive trade agreement being produced by the negotiators in

Lots of dumb ideas surfaced at Bill Clinton's so-called economic summit. Apartfrom its name

REFORMERS SUFFERED a major setback this week in their fight to make Russia a free-market economy.

Foreign trading firms are starting to look back fondly on the days when all it took to seal a deal i

YOU CAN'T BLAME LYKES for trying. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. has been working for years to fr

BILL CLINTON'S televised economic conference in Little Rock has been criticized as a national gabfes

There's an easy way to clamp down on medical spending while providing high- quality care for all. Bu

The Clinton transition team is crafting a package of public investments in infrastructure, education

CLOSE TO 36 MILLION AMERICANS, 14.2 percent of the population, live below the poverty line. Boston M

"Oil - The Lifeblood of Modern Civilization. Tankers - The Lifeline of Oil Supply." That is

GOVERNMENT HAS A UNIQUE TALENT for wasting taxpayers money, but some projects are worth every penny.