Commentary

DEREGULATION NOTWITHSTANDING, railroads aren't quite like other businesses. They are private

SHORT-TERM ISSUE FOR DOLLAR: INFLATIONYour editorial on the rise in the dollar ("Soaring Too

In the relatively short period of 20 years, China has climbed from an obscure maritime nation to one

The Spanish economy is gripped by growing pains, as the country fights to catch up with the rest of

''P'o-chiu li-hsin!" Down with the old, up with the new! That was one of the slogans Chinese

ACID RAIN, OZONE DESTRUCTION and toxic emissions have combined to set the stage for massive changes

THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND and World Bank are taking different approaches to shaping their role

The temporary increases in Yugoslavia's exports and industrial output for the first quarter of 1989

WHAT IS OPTIMUM SHIP CREW SIZE?Your newspaper recently published several articles regarding

U.S. trade policy is on the brink of a parlous change. Both the imminent use of the provisions of th

THE TINY NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD is often overlooked in the power struggles among Washi

IF YOUR LOCAL TRUCKING COMPANY'S freight rates are too high, you can always try to negotiate a lower

'BIG OIL' OP-ED LACKED FOUNDATIONThe May 2 Op-Ed by David Nyhan ("Cut Big Oil Down to Size")

This city is going through its 13th, 14th or 100th consecutive day of darkness and rain - enough, an

The critical question underlying the discussions at the upcoming NATO and Economic Summits is whethe

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV'S DEPARTURE from Shanghai today marks the close of the first major meeting between

ON TUESDAY, the U.S. Senate narrowly defeated an attempt to block the Bush administration's agreemen

The other evening, at a bar frequented by politicians andjournalists, I was the object of strong wor

There's no such thing as a three martini lunch in Japan. At the noon hour, workers and alcohol rarel

PERHAPS THE WORLD'S CENTRAL BANKERS have become bored with their task of stabilizing exchange rates.

The City of New York proudly proclaimed last week that, for the first time in decades, its subway ca

IF YOU BELIEVE what you read in the papers, America's poor, suffering electronics companies are bein

PANAMA: BETWEEN A ROCK & HARD PLACEThe recent turmoil in the tiny Republic of Panama is part

London ground to a snail's pace Monday as a result of one-day strikes by subway, bus and some rail w

THE SWEEPING VICTORY of Carlos Menem in Sunday's presidential election is a major achievement for Ar

Johnny and Sasha are two blue collar workers in their early 20s. Johnny works in a General Motors au

FEW FEDERAL AGENCIES are more politicized than the National Labor Relations Board. And few are more

AMID THE FEAR-MONGERING over foreign investment in the United States, there is a valid concern that

THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, after three years of quibbling with Latin American nations over the Inter-A

One of the nicer things about being editor of a national newspaper is that you give speeches at exot

SCORE ONE MORE FOR MR. GORBACHEV. Last Thursday, the Soviet leader presented Secretary of State Jam

In 1862, the original Homestead Act gave all Americans the opportunity to own productive land throug

CORPORATE CUTBACKS in middle and senior level staff have augmented as much as 25 percent over the pa

In the atrium of the Roppongi Prince Hotel there is a swimming pool, and in the swimming pool there

Argentines will go to the polls with a heavy conscience to try to elect a new president this Sunday.

The United States has no clearly articulated and nationally supported trade strategy. The Internatio

THE TAXPAYER BAILOUT of the nation's troubled thrift industry is costly. But those who are pushing a

People often ask what I think is the No. 1 cause of the U.S. economy's problems. After much reflecti

It may be sheer coincidence, or one more measure of the swirling currents reshaping international po

IF THERE WAS ANY FURTHER QUESTION about the desirability of extending the sweeping quotas holding do