Commentary

PHILIPPINE FINANCE SECRETARY Jesus Estanislao was right on target when he said that his country has

New initiatives to relieve lesser developed countries' debt have multiplied recently. The internati

THE WALL IS DOWN, THE BARBED WIRE rolled up, the guard towers dismantled. But a year after Eastern E

With more than 40 military cargo ships already called up from the Maritime Administration's Ready Re

Helmut Kohl, West Germany's chancellor, and Hans-Dietrich Genscher, his foreign minister, are jousti

TRUCKING: IT'S NEVER TIME FOR REGULATIONThe article "It's Time for Regulation, Again," by Da

JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, FEDERAL JUDGES agreed to consolidate asbestos liability claims to speed the sett

SADDAM HUSSEIN ISN'T THE ONLY ONE threatening to take hostages these days. But fewer Americans are p

The decisive battle in the new Persian Gulf war is now being fought. It is a war ofnerves, a contest

Exactly 10 years have passed since a U.S. president last tried to impose a food embargo. The

IF YOU CAN'T CURE a declining standard of living, you can always wish it away. No one is wis

There may be other ideas that offer more opportunities for self-delusion than the notion of a calcul

The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait once again brings the issue of competitiveness to the forefront of econ

By now many Americans have heard the story of Pamela Richards. She's the United Auto Workers member

The scene is a Tokyo street as two businessmen greet each other. "Hello," says one. "How are

OPEC MAY NOT BE DEAD, but the organization's inability even to convene a meeting in the face of dram

Frank Lorenzo, among the most hated men in America, has walked away from his crumbling airline empir

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY is an economic giant but a political dwarf: In international relations, Weste

At least one fact has become inescapably clear during the past few weeks. The world cannot afford a

STEP RIGHT UP! It's time to play the maritime subsidy game! The rules are simple. You place

STANDING ON THE CUSP of recession brings at least one benefit: the lowest U.S. monthly trade deficit

The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait just may assure Margaret Thatcher a fourth term of office. As G

The Uruguay Round of trade negotiations is often described as the most important since the General A

From overspending on military research to tolerance of a derelict education system - numerous ways b

I've never considered George Bush to rank among history's more fascinating personalities. My four-ye

JAPAN HAS MORE TO LOSE in the event of prolonged conflict in Saudi Arabia than any other industriali

CONSUMER PRICES have risen at an annual rate of 5.8 percent during the first seven months of this y

The idea of single-state insurance regulation is in the air. In place of the present hodgepodge of s

THE REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS of supplying a huge military force far from U.S. soil may prompt Pentagon pl

The United States is determined to end Japan's prohibition on rice imports. In the current Uruguay R

RATE FILING SYSTEM MUST BE CONTINUEDI read with interest your July 30, 1990, editorial, "Neg

THE FIRST SHOT HAS BEEN FIRED in the ongoing standoff between New Jersey insurance regulators and 32

Ronald Reagan often called for political pluralism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Then with

WITH 20,000 U.S. TROOPS, the Bush administration has drawn a line in the Saudi Arabian sand. But tha

Congress, just before the recess, passed a miscellaneous trade bill revamping the U.S. Customs user

Antique shops properly exhibit an attachment to things old and curious. But when a federal agency st

TRANSACTION TAX WOULD HIT ECONOMYI take issue with a July 23 article by Edward Renshaw, "Why

PAKISTAN JUST CAN'T GET THE HANG of democracy. While its larger neighbor, India, has struggled to m

POLITICIANS USUALLY DON'T GET MUCH CREDIT for learning. But the cold political response to the self-

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