Commentary

THE AFTERMATH OF OPERATION DESERT STORM is posing new dangers for American taxpayers. Milita

GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES TO INDUSTRY rarely make economic sense, a lesson more countries are learning ev

The war against Iraq helped to relieve America's national inferiority complex over the quality of pr

PROVISION NOT 'SPECIAL DEAL' FOR SPYour editorial ("Special Deal," April 19) stating that tw

They're b-a-a-ck. Economic sanctions, a major weapon in the international coalition's campaign to re

TRADE DISPUTES between U.S. and foreign companies are nothing new, but the current tiff between two

Ten years ago, Ronald Reagan set forth a program for economic recovery to ''revitalize economic grow

DESPERATE TIMES call for extraordinary measures. As the Soviet Union's economy continues to

Sometimes a little knowledge of advanced calculus is helpful to understand the problems of those who

The U.S. victory in the Persian Gulf war has forced Washington to evaluate its role in the "new worl

TURMOIL IN THE U.S. AIRLINE INDUSTRY has forced government policymakers to do some serious soul-sear

Shipping companies in three of Europe's most important maritime nations are wondering what more they

Congress faces two unappealing options that could change U.S. international trade policy for the nex

UK POLL TAX ARTICLE MISSED REAL ISSUEYour well-written April 9th opinion article, "Poll Tax

AMIDST THE CONTINUING TRADE TENSIONS between the United States and Japan are signs of cooperation. O

IT HAS BEEN TWO WEEKS since front-page headlines announced that a Commerce Department official was b

Consumers buy insurance policies for peace of mind, but an abusive industry practice is doing much t

Informal poll-taking by Washington-based business groups suggests the Bush administration will have

THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND approved a $2.5 billion aid package for Poland last week, a welcome

The dollar has been rising in world markets. The move has been particularly spectacular against the

SPECIAL INTERESTS ARE NEVER FAR from a congressional debate. In the final minutes of House floor act

The economic reforms that Mexico has undertaken in the last five years, with the impetus that Presid

AS CONGRESS RACED TO COMPLETE legislation Wednesday night ending the nationwide railroad strike, Rep

Designer of the elegant and the ugly, artisan of glass and steel and brick and mortar, skyline shape

Hoping to stave off hyperinflation, Argentina has pegged the value of its currency, the austral, to

CLEAN AIR LAWS can make breathing easier for city dwellers, but they also can be twisted to serve n

LIKE A CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED dance, railroad workers went on strike Wednesday, Congress began hear

DON'T BLAME PREBISCH FOR BRAZIL'S WOESMuch of James Bruce's article, "Brazil's Own 'Perestro

The recent crisis in the Persian Gulf has intensified American resentment towards Japan. But the res

President Bush is about to become more involved with a commodity near and dear to me: peanut butter.

WHEN JOHN C. CROSBIE, Canada's minister for international trade, met with editors of The Journal of

PRIVATE WESTERN INVESTMENT is one of the keys to building and sustaining the nascent market economi

In the last few weeks, the papers have been full of lurid tales of political intrigue in the Federal

Stanford University's withdrawal of its galling charges to the government for floral bouquets and a

On occasion, veteran observers of the Japanese scene sometimes think the past few decades were just

WORLD OIL MARKETS ARE NOT RELIABLEThe assertions made by Henry R. Linden in his April 2 opin

WHEN SOVIET PRESIDENT Mikhail Gorbachev makes his first official visit to Tokyo today, he will be me

Twice in four months, the United States forgave billions of dollars of a foreign government's debt.

Just six months after political unification, the struggle to define a German national identity can b

BIG CARS CAN BE FUEL-EFFICIENT, TOOYou correctly argue that decisive action is necessary to