Commentary

Ever since Brazilian labor leader Francisco "Chico" Mendes was slain by gunmen in the Amazon last De

One-third of all passengers traveling in and out of the United States are destined for, or arriving

Is it too early to have a "malaise," Doc? You remember Jimmy Carter's use of that word, afte

COMMERCIAL BANKS' ROLE MISSTATEDIn an op-ed article published July 11 ("Help for Developing

IN THE HEAT of his 1984 re-election campaign, Ronald Reagan pulled off a political feat of impressiv

The electric power industry in the United States is undergoing major changes that are reshaping trad

FOREIGN INVESTORS may have little in mind but making money, but many Americans see the $329 billion

Japan's economic numbers are turning higher as usual, with most private analysts anticipating an inf

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan made an extraordinary admission last week. Ticking off a lis

THE STUNNING RESULTS of Sunday's election leave Japan facing a degree of political uncertainty unkno

CURE MORE HARMFUL THAN THE DISEASE?Your July 18 editorial, "Health and Equity," makes some s

In a democracy, the future is at a disadvantage relative to the present: its voters are not here to

Japan's major manufacturers are poised for an investment blitz on the European Community, spreading

IN THE NAME OF PUBLIC SAFETY, President Bush has erected a trade barrier to benefit America's gun ma

How healthy is the economy? Private analysts widely expect the Commerce Department to report

Reporters write for readers. The greatest satisfaction a reporter gets is when readers write back fo

In the great scheme of things, the "driftnet war" waged by the United States against Japan, South Ko

''CONSUMER ADVOCATE" IS A PHRASE that sends a shudder through the insurance industry. Yet the hotly

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT SPACE that is irresistible to politicians. At a time when only loose account

TREASURY SECRETARY NICHOLAS F. BRADY'S much-heralded plan to relieve the debts of developing countri

COMPENSATION LAW ALSO HURTS MARITIMELarry Kaufman's column "Inside Talk on Transportation" i

FOR MOST OF THE 1980s, environmentalists tried in vain to convince the Environmental Protection Agen

On Feb. 10, the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation submitted a report entitled "Ana

MEXICO CITY - Over the past 15 years foreign investment has been the subject of heated debate in Mex

FOR A CHANGE, the inflation news is bullish: Wednesday's announcement that consumer prices rose only

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS, THE CHEMICALS that are eating away at the ozone layer, are on the way out. This

It was a spectacle to make a farm state senator blush: on April Fool's Day, a freighter laden with 2

According to the story, Cuban President Fidel Castro tells his central committee that "I have good n

Get ready for a real treat. I shall, with no apologies and in possession of my rational faculties, b

The railroad industry has a simple view on the issue of substance abuse in the workplace. It is that

Stock market participants waltzed around in their own private paradise last week, oblivious to reali

AT LAST WEEKEND'S economic summit, world leaders asked the International Maritime Organization to pl

THERE'S A RARE CONSENSUS on Capitol Hill that the cost of capital puts American business at an inter

A finding by an administrative law judge at the U.S. International TradeCommission is causin

Heaven is where the policemen are British, the cooks are French, the lovers are Italian and everythi

''No one can walk backwards into the future," an American writer once observed. Hopefully the United

ANGRY AS HORNETS, business lobbyists have been buzzing around Capitol Hill demanding the repeal of S

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV HAS DONE IT AGAIN. With his keen sense of timing, the Soviet leader managed to ste

LAND REDISTRIBUTION IS NOT CAPITALISMHow nice that, after all, the chief economist for First

The roughly 300 pieces of legislation needed to pave the way for a single market within the European