Commentary

PENA'S EXPERIENCE ON THE FRONT LINESI read with amazement the "Straight Talk" column by Ira

As President-elect Clinton finalizes his opening economic strategy, the issue of a capital gains tax

The European Community was supposed to be in a party mood this week, celebrating the launch of the w

THE SPECTACULAR FALL of Brazil's reform-minded president, Fernando Collor de Mello, overshadows an e

A DISCONCERTING LEGACY remains from the last Congress as the new one takes office: A tendency to inc

ANYONE WHO EXPECTED a quick end to the world trade talks after November's U.S.-European farm deal ha

Maritime and longshore unions shortly may help revive one of the issues that complicated last year's

While most Americans prepared Christmas lists this Yuletide, others spent the holiday compiling list

Richard the Third has always been a favorite Shakespearean character of mine. Unlike Hamlet, he neve

The high quality of health care in the United States is indisputable. But the rapid and dramatic inc

President-elect Bill Clinton completed his cabinet in time to meet his Christmas deadline and few ar

AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, the 12-nation European Community officially turns into a single market, poised

IT COULD BE months before the words "robust" and "economy" are used in the same breath. Still, as th

A hundred years ago a debate raged in England over trade and industrial policy. Great Britain, then

WHEN 45-YEAR-OLD Federico Pena becomes transportation secretary next month, he'll discover an unnerv

I just heard yesterday. A close college friend, an attorney, lost his job - his third one in two yea

A Mainland Chinese acquaintance working in Hong Kong phoned me on Christmas eve. "What is yo

Solid expansion in the United States - powered by gains in consumer spending, business investment, h

COMMUNICATIONS GIANTS in the cable television and telephone industries are having trouble communicat

U.S. TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES are among the very best in the world - and the rest of the world i

TEN YEARS AND $4 BILLION into its search for a permanent storage site for civilian nuclear waste, th

Technically, the United States has been in an economic recovery for more than a year and a half. Aft

Pressure is growing on the British government to tear up its plans for privatizing British Rail and

BRITAIN SUPPORTS 'OPEN SKIES'In your Dec. 23 editorial ("Protectionism Triumphant," Page 6A)

The North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) can help to build an economic bridge between the Uni

BILL CLINTON and George Bush have few things in common, but they might agree on this: When it comes

Holidays are said to be a time of great awe and wonder. That's true. I wonder about many things now

Although President-elect Clinton plans to focus on domestic issues early in his administration, he i

THERE'S STILL A CHANCE British Airways could join forces with USAir Group, even though its equity de

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

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

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

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

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

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

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