Commentary

NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT VIOLETA CHAMORRO really had no choice but to bargain with Sandinista strikers

SALES GIMMICKS AIMED AT JACKING up prices never are much fun for customers - but a customer is alway

The topic of economic aid to the Soviet Union was a hot tamale on the platter of Western leaders at

Prior to the economic summit, Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu raised hopes that Japan was ready to cons

For George Bush, the economic summit has been an interesting test of the limits of his highly perso

Economics always seems so heartless. The objection usually is the same: When human needs and human l

SIX CHINESE MAYORS have come calling on U.S. local government and business leaders. The group, led b

With angry, nationalistic statements poisoning the Japan-U.S. relationship, we need a council of fai

In reaction to an improbable sequence of ship groundings on the Florida Reef Tract last October and

As China's leaders enter the 1990s, they face a dilemma: their top priorities are to keep a lid on

RACKETEERING LAWS GIVE the government a potent weapon to fight underworld kingpins. But the 20-year-

POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES are one of the most corrupting forces in American politics. While corpor

The recently enacted savings and loan bailout legislation mandates that the secretary of the treasur

The search for additional revenue to cut the federal budget deficit has led to the question of incre

CARRIERS CAN'T BLOCK NEW AIRPORT GATESThere were two flaws in your "Fortress Hubs" editorial

A HANDFUL OF AMERICANS who operate grain-carrying ships are working right now to secure some foreign

There is among economists a sort of missing generation, between the giants of the 1960s and the whip

The Federal Budget Follies, Washington's longest-running situation comedy, has reopened to a packed

Like many Japanese couples, Ken and Nobuko Yamamoto discovered soon after their marriage that their

''THEY DIDN'T COME TO THE PARTY," the congressional Democratic Study Group concluded last month. "Do

THE REGULATORY CRACKDOWN on the insurance industry has found a new target. State regulators, aware t

AGRICULTURE IS STILL THE STUMBLING BLOCK on the road to a new international agreement on trade. Unle

A national obsession is growing over the loss of American competitiveness in the world economy, one

The love affair is over. Norway's loyal and enthusiastic support for its shipping industry has turne

WHETHER THE ISSUE is acid rain or the fate of the northern spotted owl, calling for "more evidence"

ASSISTANCE TO SOVIETS IS COMPLEX ISSUEThe pros and cons of a coordinated Western effort to p

There's a growing undercurrent here of distrust or resentment of foreign investors. "Xenophobia is s

THE JAPANESE AREN'T FRIVOLOUS with their wealth, despite the fact that they have more aid money to

Most everyone understands that productivity - the amount produced for each hour of work and dollar o

Reports out of Tokyo suggested that the Japanese might renege on their commitment to lower their tra

GERMANY'S IMPENDING UNIFICATION will cause major changes in Europe. But as the two Germanys and the

President Bush has stated that his top priority for the Houston economic summit is the Uruguay Round

SEA LABOR LAW WON'T CREATE UNIONSThe editorial of June 27, "Labor Law at Sea," is not only f

The July 5 editorial, "Oil Spill Compromise," misstated the limit on ship owners' liability for oil

WHILE THE SOVIET UNION IS hurriedly adapting Western ideas to organize its economy and its political

SUMMITRY IS ALL THE RAGE. Only last month, shortly after President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail

For years I have run a trade deficit with my hairdresser. I didn't give it a moment's thought until

I have conflicting reactions to the Structural Impediments Initiative talks with Washington: outrage

In positioning Mexico for free trade talks with the United States, much can be learned from the bila

AMERICA'S GROWING FOREIGN DEBT is among the most visible symptoms of misguided economic policy. U.S.