Commentary

THE ROAD TO 1992 has been smoother than anyone expected two years ago, when the European Community b

The Netherlands is immersed in introverted soul-searching about its future. The country's co

New companies are a major source of new jobs in our economy. Consequently, it is matter of some impo

NORTHERN ISLANDS ARE CLEARLY JAPANESEYour Sept. 7 editorial, "Northern Territories," is a ti

DURING THE THREE YEARS of wrangling that produced the U.S.-Canada free trade agreement, few issues s

THE COSTLY COLLAPSE of the savings and loan system has turned bank deposit insurance from a big bore

It's no secret that the European Community's external affairs commissioner, Frans Andriessen, and it

PRESIDENT BUSH WILL ASK Congress this week for the authority to negotiate a free trade agreement wit

''Every problem," a professor of mine used to say, "has a solution that is quick, simple and wrong."

A chorus of Latin American leaders is calling for U.S. aid to quell an inflationary firestorm they n

MAD COMMITTEE DIDN'T FILE DOLE SUITThe article entitled "Union Dissidents Sue Labor Secretar

Last week, the 14th assembly of Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, approved

FOUR PROPOSALS FOR A FEDERAL product liability law have passed out of the Senate Commerce Committee

Let the raw, ugly truth out. We would rather, as a nation, spill the blood of our own youth to prote

CHAMBER ISN'T BUSH'S MOUTHPIECEIn H. Erich Heinemann's Sept. 5 Opinion piece ("Hussein Is th

The Iraq crisis reveals two contradictory aspects of America's role in the post-Cold War world. At t

CHANGE IN THE SOVIET UNION has gone further and faster than anyone thought possible when Mikhail Gor

It was, the television commentators kept reminding us Sunday, the first all- American men's final in

A MORE ENERGY-EFFICIENT ECONOMY is the best assurance that sharp increases in fuel prices, such as t

THE STIFF FINES AND HIGH financial liability allowed by the new federal oil spill law will punish t

''THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY is my friend," the proverb goes. Following that wisdom, however, has led th

Query: In the past three months, non-farm employment in the United States (A) rose 48,000 or (B) fel

Finance ministers from around the globe will start arriving here next week for the 45th joint meetin

The Middle East crisis looks at first glance like an economic godsend for Mexico, whose oil-rich eco

BONDING OF NVOS SHOULD BE REQUIREDYour editorial concerning H.R. 5206, the proposed bonding

WHILE THE ACTORS in Washington's budget drama continue to recite their lines, a new bipartisan scrip

BRAZIL ISN'T NORMALLY A COUNTRY one would turn to for economic advice; the economic programs of Braz

If we are to believe a number of recent media reports, a new era is dawning in ground passenger tran

John Reed's "Ten Days That Shook the World" chronicled the Soviet Union's first revolution, but tho

After a decade of deregulation, is the Interstate Commerce Commission likely to impose stiff new rat

THE MILITARY BUILDUP in the Persian Gulf is straining U.S.-flag commercial shipping. But even as it

Like most good ideas, Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers' proposal at the European Community's Dublin

AS THE BANKING INDUSTRY'S financial condition weakens, bank regulators are beginning to get tough. T

By the standards applied to most mortals, Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari is doing a pre

Washington and Tokyo voiced mutual satisfaction with the Structural Impediments Initiative, which en

OCEAN ENERGY IS AS GOOD AS IT SOUNDSThis is in response to the article "Geothermal Power Deb

THE SOVIET UNION DESPERATELY needs aid and investment from Japan, but it wants it free and clear. Th

The father of free market economics, Adam Smith, once said that the true cost of anything is the to

MORE THAN 4,500 PEOPLE WILL DIE this year in highway accidents involving large trucks. Speeding, as

NAUTICAL 'ANTIQUES' ARE VITAL TO DEFENSEI am writing in response to Rep. William S. Broomfie