Commentary

DON'T CHANGE ANYTHINGIN THE JONES ACTThe Journal of Commerce has this month twice published

Americans in the '90s are going to work with stress from home, and then returning home with more str

From East Asia to Western Europe, trade and investment are creating a palpable sense of public uneas

To see China is to spy the future and to be humbled - and not just a little scared.China is

Jan is a complete deadbeat. She has no job, no source of income, has never earned a dime. But none o

Media pundits and their mentors from Wall Street and Washington blast Japan for not reducing savings

Central to all ports is the management of their maritime commerce: passenger, freight or both. But,

As Washington uncorks champagne bottles to celebrate the likely budget surplus of 1998, it has the a

A new La Nina weather cycle is predicted to begin soon and the tropical Atlantic waters are heating

Lawmakers should always seek ways to include sound science and reason in governmental rule-making pr

Over the coming weeks, the Senate may have its last chance to ratify a critically important world ag

Even before Congress has approved a shipping deregulation bill, the Federal Maritime Commission is e

India's dairy industry has long been the largest and one of the most primitive in the world. Suddenl

For 30 years, a handful of die-hards has tried to sell state governments on the idea of no-fault aut

In recent months, many commentators have suggested the threat of deflation is just around the corner

Deutsche Post, Europe's largest postal service, is on the move. Last week, it received approval from

These are the best of times and the worst of times in Europe.The economic recovery is pickin

At a time when global trade and development organizations are applying increased pressure against go

Understanding the dynamics of the world economy is not as daunting as many investors envision. It si

Foreign-exchange intervention does not work if there is nothing to support it.In recent week

The Federal Reserve's decision to again leave interest rates unchanged seems like the right one. Des

New Jersey, meet the new Christie Whitman. With over $550 million in new tax increase proposals sinc

My first thought upon arriving here from Moscow was, ''I'm in Europe. I must have taken the wrong fl

For those who lose sleep worrying about global warming, the news lately has been grim. The gov- er

ELECTRICITY? YOUMUST MEAN RAILROADSProfessor William J. Baumol has written a very thought-pr

While the U.S. economy roars along, setting one record after another, it's easy to overlook the envi

One of the toughest questions posed to President Clinton during his visit to Beijing University was

Outsiders who complain Europe is overregulated, strike-prone, risk averse, overtaxed, awash in state

It was the run-up to the China summit, and all the president's critics were tense. Trouble was, the

They have taken Silicon Valley by storm, these new arrivals from Asia.They may have graduate

At President Clinton's and Sen. Ted Kennedy's insistence, the minimum wage has increased 90 cents -

The good times for the U.S. economy finally may be coming to an end. After years of robust growth an

Frivolous lawsuits and reckless jury awards have scarred thousands of companies in product liability

We celebrate July Fourth as the day the Declaration of Independence created the United States. But i

ANOTHER VIEW ONCONRAIL'S SALE PRICEIn nearly all of the reporting on the acquisition of Conr

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott says he hopes to bring product liability reform legislation to the

Chinese-American relations are caught in a double vortex as President Clinton pays his first visit t

In ''The Little Shop of Horrors,'' a seemingly benign flower grows into a monstrous, man-eating plan

Searching for the one true path to mega-riches? Why not follow the Indonesian way of frugality and u

Every great revolution needs a symbolic building to occupy: the Bastille in 1789, the Winter Palace