Commentary

I am sitting in a United Airlines plane flying over the Pacific on its way to Tokyo, trying to keep

Banks in most countries are required to hold non-interest-earning deposits at their central banks. T

THE RACE IS ON - even though it's supposed to be over. The 1984 Shipping Act, signed by Pres

WITH THE DOLLAR HITTING THE CEILING once again, the world's finance ministers are sure to talk a lot

INSURANCE COVERAGE IS CHALLENGEDYour recent article, "Proprosition 103 Unleashes Consumer Ou

With free market reforms starting to take effect in Argentina,president Carlos Menem will likely win

Dim the lights. The "predators' ball" is winding down and it appears the predators have been the mai

Proposals to end the double taxation of dividends have surfaced here as often as proposals to reform

THERE'S NOT A DOUBT in the world that Thailand imposes unfair barriers against foreign cigarettes. T

AFTER MONTHS OF PROTEST against new federal rules on employee benefits, the House Ways and Means Com

A recent "Atlantic Monthly" article by James Fellows was titled "Containing Japan," recalling past U

THROWING MONEY IS NOT THE ANSWERA response to a letter ("Liberal Opinions Are Out of Date,"

Federal Reserve Board Governor Wayne Angell and I spent the first 10 days of September in Moscow and

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION can't seem to take a hint. In recent months, the Supreme Court an

Federal Reserve actions have resulted in a major slowdown in monetary growth since early 1987. Both

AS IT WAITS TO SEE whether newly elected President F.W. de Klerk will make fundamental changes in So

GOVERNMENT LIABILITY WOULD NOT BE COSTLYMy letter is a comment on the Sept. 6 story ("Legisl

THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES seems willing to wait endlessly for democracy in Panama. Since G

The ancient Greeks were the first to say you never step twice into the same river. The annual sessio

THERE'S MUCH TO BE SAID for expertise. But by insisting that future members of the Commodity Futures

Is the reunification of the two Germanies happening in West Germany? One would think so after watchi

The Rockefeller Group Inc., owners of Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall, is attempting to

Since Mexico reached an agreement in principle with its bank creditors, which will reduce the countr

CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE LEARNED ITS LESSON eight years ago, when it got into a bidding war over tax cut

HER WHIRLWIND TRIP to Europe behind her, Carla Hills and her team at the Office of the U.S. Trade Re

A recent trip to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe brought home the limitations of socialism. But

Populist politicians often score easy points by decrying the "selling of America." This phrase unde

Writing about China in the late 20th century can be a risky proposition. "The situation usually chan

THE WAR CHEST for U.S. export financing will be used more aggressively to combat the unfair financin

PARANOIA HAS BEEN an effective weapon against science and technology, and environmental groups have

IT'S IRONIC BUT NOT SURPRISING that while the United States is attempting to tear down trade barrier

In his book, "Washington Goes to War," television commentator David Brinkley tells of this city's fi

SEAMAN JOB OFFERS ARE INCREASINGI am writing in response to your article, "Ship Jobs Are Sca

Fresh from having wielded the Super 301 trade weapon against one important ally, Japan, U.S. Trade R

''PROTECTIONISM!" cry Britain's futures brokers: The U.S. government is interfering with a foreign m

THE AUTOMOBILE and oil industries are uneasy about the growing pressure to use methanol as a substit

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is playing with fire. Despite the Fed's announced intention

Mull this over, please: "High-level working talks between Japan and the United States began

"All power to the Soviets!" That was the slogan of the October 1917 Russianrevolution, but it has ne

"Smart bankers and masochist workers vote Socialist," runs the much-quoted graffito here, reflecting