Commentary

Enrique Iglesias, the president of the Inter-American Development Bank, recently noting the secondar

THE CONSUMER REVOLT IN INSURANCE was compared last week to the foul tactics that followed Adolf Hitl

Major U.S. banks started back across the Rubicon last week. In rapid-fire order, Manufacturers Hanov

Congress is planning a 1991 plebiscite in Puerto Rico to determine whether it should become the 51st

AIDS DRUG RESEARCH IS COSTLY, but as Burroughs-Welcome Co. has shown with AZT, monopolistic sales of

The European Community's 1992 single market program has hit a mid-life crisis. The optimism of only

MONITORING NEEDED FOR GUARANTY FUNDSIt is unfortunate that your fine editorial ("Act Against

THERE'S STILL A SCHOOL OF THOUGHT that demands "free trade." No matter what the circumstances, its a

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

SINCE 1982, trade deficits of unprecedented size have turned the world's largest international credi

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

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

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

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

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

THROWING MONEY IS NOT THE ANSWERA response to a letter ("Liberal Opinions Are Out of Date,"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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