Commentary

Exports are the lifeblood of the U.S. agricultural sector. Currently, about one-third of U.S. produc

In recent months the problem of financing post-retirement health care for Americans has become the m

It's the week after the summit, a sort of euphoria plus seven days. The stars and stripes an

BORED WITH LIFE and desirous of more public attention than is readily available to unemployed former

MOTORISTS ACCEPT the economic necessity of big trucks traveling interstate highways, but a fresh set

The chairman of the board (Gorbachev, that is, not Sinatra) came to Washington last week. As expecte

Everything has to come from someplace - and, according to the Customs laws of the United States, eve

Anyone who suggested even a year ago that Japan might soon become a major importer of bottled foreig

AND THE WINNER is . . . Nevada! Impressed by the Sagebrush State's broad stretches of desert, its sm

IF ECONOMIC FORECASTING can be characterized as gazing into a crystal ball, the current dilemma for

Clearing the Air On Oil Export PlanIn your editorial, "Why Limit Oil Exports?" (Nov. 16), yo

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV sure made a hit on his visit to Washington last week - pressing the flesh on Conne

The Soviet Union is involved in a two-pronged offensive. While Moscow woos Washington in hopes of fu

It seems as though federal budget deficits, like some fiscal Methuselah, have been around for a mill

ONE LOOK IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR on a rainy day is enough to convince most Americans that tractor-tr

During the 1970s it was fashionable for economists to construct econometric models of the electoral

EVERY TIME THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE tries to economize, it runs into trouble: No one wants his local

THE RISK that a protectionist trade bill could be a millstone around the neck of the Democratic Part

As I sat with our Washington transportation reporters around the the dark mahogany table in the spac

IMPORT PREFERENCES for developing countries are a good idea gone wrong. The original concept

Proxmire Draws Fire For Maritime ViewsSen. William Proxmire recently authored a widely circu

Critics of federal economic regulation of motor carriers recognize that the Interstate Commerce Comm

I'm still not sure what qualified me for the New York Financial Writers Association's annual Elliot

CAN THE MARKET really make the nation's expensive auto insurance system cheaper? Two leading

ATLANTA'S CITY-OWNED golf courses are operated by private businesses these days. Its tennis courts a

It may seem a long way from the missile treaty that President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorba

U.S. corporations, already spending over $15 billion annually on housing benefits to recruit and rel

WHEN THEY MET in Acapulco at the end of last month, the presidents of Mexico and seven South America

THE DEPARTMENT of Justice's trust-busters have confounded the critics once again. By petitioning the

Many problems exist for exporters. A few years ago, the high U.S. dollar was blamed. Today, exporter

The Agriculture Department is about to announce the U.S. sugar import quota for 1988 - an event cert

Omission of a word in a letter by Lucius Gilman published on this page last Friday reversed the mean

The risk is rising that the U.S. economy may face a serious drop in business activity in 1988. The o

WHEN SOMEBODY OWES YOU $100, it's their worry, the saying goes. But when they owe you $1 million, it

The 1980s have not been kind to the U.S. labor movement. Labor has been forced to fight, often unsuc

THIS NEWSPAPER, like many others, frequently reports on the barriers faced by U.S. companies that wi

The stock market decline has had the beneficial effect of focusing greater attention on the budget d

THE TREATY OVER intermediate-range nuclear forces that President Reagan and Soviet Communist Party G

WHEN PRESIDENT REAGAN says there is no reason to expect a recession due to the stock market crash, h

Hundreds of bunches of flowers still spill across the sidewalk in front of King's Cross station in L