Commentary

Contrary to popular belief, the tax burden is not too low. In fact, it's much closer to the record h

PRESIDENT REAGAN, in offering his final budget Monday, proposed to take a big chunk out of the feder

Chester Burger grew up in Brooklyn. He went hungry a lot when he was young. Although Brooklyn is jus

The Reagan administration is reported ready to propose today an end to Export-Import Bank direct cr

Many critics of excessive corporate leverage have proposed decreasing the attractiveness of takeover

THE CAUSE OF THE COZY COMPETITION in the airline industry is no secret: Lax enforcement of the anti

The democracies of the Caribbean are at a critical point in their development process. Real

It is not the most appropriate New Year's gift the government could have given to Yugoslavs, but it

TAXING CORPORATIONS presents one of the most complex and consequential issues in economic policy. Mo

A HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE IN MOSCOW? Even two years ago, the notion would have been ludicrous. But t

HOW PROPOSITION 103 WILL AFFECT CALIFORNIAThe article Calif. Court Ruling Opens Competition

Some years ago, a creative attorney wrote to the U.S. Customs Service on behalf of a new client. Alt

US SHOULD ESCHEW BILATERAL AGREEMENTSThe companion op-ed articles (Dec. 16) concerning Mexic

ON THE EVE OF THE NEW YEAR, Canada finally ratified a controversial accord with the potential to res

YOU CAN'T BLAME OUR TRADING PARTNERS for being just a little bit confused about exactly what America

Two separate proposals that have received some attention lately - boosting the pay of top federal of

IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT that each federal agency got to keep the money it collected. The Enviro

Nostradamus T. Ouija was on the phone, volunteering his forecasts for 1989. Mr. Ouija, grand

In his presidential address to the American Economic Association in 1967, Nobel laureate Milton Frie

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT USUALLY takes a dim view of competitors that exchange business information. L

Tough times lie ahead for most Americans. While the economy is strong at the moment, there's a risk

A NEW YEAR BRINGS new opportunities, new chances, new choices. It also has a way of bringing new hop

A select band of U.S. corporations is emerging as the most likely winners in the race to grab the lu

Ten years after he helped open a new era in Sino-American relations by normalizing diplomatic relati

After I became director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget in 1985, few things rankled me m

Your editorial, Eating Their Children (Dec. 15) competely misstates the position of the Shipbuilders

To paraphrase the opening line of Dragnet, the story you are about to readis true; only the names ha

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S ambitious campaign to test more than 4 million rail, maritime, tr

WHEN CALIFORNIA VOTERS EXPRESSED their outrage at high insurance rates, the Golden State's banks cam

To the great frustration of business people who deal with international tradebarriers on a d

SATELLITE DISHES AND CABLE television mean that a broadcast license isn't quite the franchise it use

CONSTRUCTING THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM has been the central goal of federal road builders for th

This year's Omnibus Trade Bill included provisions bringing the United States into compliance with t

Everybody knows that Tokyo is the capital of a country that is prosperous, well-managed and costly.

The world economy confounded its critics in 1988. To almost everyone's surprise, consumers simply i

The world's trade ministers met earlier this month in Montreal, Canada, and failed to agree on commo

LET'S ALLOW BANKS IN INSURANCE SECTORYour Nov. 22 editorial calling for repeal of the McCarr

U.S. trade officials are getting quite cross with their European counterparts about perceived barrie

THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE between companies that make cloth and companies that make clothing haslong been

When the 101st Congress convenes for business Jan. 3 and confronts the unenviable but essential task