Commentary

The Shadow Open Market Committee, a group of economists who regularly comment on policy issues confr

THE EASTERN AIRLINES STRIKE is giving airline deregulation a bad name. Carl Rowan, the syndicated Wa

West Germany is not always easy to understand; its people are sometimes about as open as a welded cl

During the 1990s we are going to decide how free trade will be and how much of the trade we are goin

BILL WOULD DAMAGE US-FLAG SHIPPINGI read with great interest the article on March 6 ("Rebuil

STILL CONFUSED ABOUT the new federal tax law? Don't ask the experts. Fifty professionals who adverti

THE FINE PRINT STILL HASN'T BEEN SEEN. We know nothing, for instance, about how the new Brady Plan f

TWO HIGH-LEVEL Taiwanese officials will visit here this week, proposing a package of measures to hel

The savings and loan crisis has highlighted the unstable condition of ourfinancial industry.

IF YOU NEED TO MOVE FREIGHT from Buffalo to Toronto, your regular truck line can probably do the job

Cynicism and lack of commitment are so prevalent today that it is startling to meet someone like Jud

THE BANKRUPTCY FILING of Eastern Airlines need have no effect on competition in the airline industry

IF CONGRESSMEN BELIEVE THEIR MAIL, Section 89 of the Internal Revenue Code is the worst thing to hap

If you believe the World Bank, China is poorer than Kenya, Zambia, Sudan and Haiti. But if you have

A HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE is almost a certainty: The Senate Labor Committee voted Wednesday to raise the

STEEL USERS PROTEST UNEVEN TREATMENTCampaigning for an extension of the present import restr

OK, from this day forward, do you ever really believe, ever really accept at face value a review of

US SHOULD LISTEN TO MARITIME PANELYour predictable "Gathering Dust" response (Feb. 23) to th

It's way too early to judge the new administration and the new Congress, but they've begun to demons

FOREIGN TAKEOVERS are preoccupying Congress again. Within the next few days, the House of Representa

In the early years of airline deregulation, it seemed that vigorous competition would provide the pu

In his Feb. 9 address to Congress, President Bush reminded us that policies to encourage economic gr

From the earliest days of Japan's postwar period, except for a very brief period, the country's cons

THE STRIKE AT EASTERN AIRLINES, now in its fifth day, has taken on an importance out of all proporti

THE PROTRACTED STRUGGLE over John Tower's nomination to be secretary of defense drags on seemingly w

President Bush is in danger of losing control of the Washington agenda at the very outset of his adm

THE STEEL INDUSTRY'S ENDLESS CAMPAIGN for import protection is returning to the legal arena, with st

INSURANCE REFORM STARTS AT CONSUMERThe article "Survey Finds Consumer Support For Host of In

WITH STARTLING SPEED, the world's governments are moving to end production of two families of chemic

The European Community is scoring some direct hits in its war of attrition against Japanese exporter

A 75-day truce has been declared in the hormone war. This was the result of meetings in Washington F

TALKS HERE THIS WEEK may pave the way toward resolving the three-year impasse on reviving the Inter-

Intellectually, I know that re-regulation won't do much to make flying more pleasant. But every time

TRY AS HE MAY TO IGNORE IT, the budget deficit just won't leave George Bush alone. Mr. Bush

IN WARSAW, the government is on the verge of recognizing an independent labor union. In Budapest, op

The U.S. embassy in Moscow, on which construction was suspended after the discovery of Soviet-instal

The 12-member nations of the European Community have adopted a plan of economic unification. Their g

In his hectic two-day trip to China, President Bush seems to have accomplished just what he aimed to

President Bush wants to make America a "kinder and gentler nation." Are there any such nations? The

THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD never rushes into anything. Its latest proposal requiring c