Commentary

The annual economic summit now under way in Venice provides a chance for the United States to take t

Shortly after Ayn Rand met Alan Greenspan, she reportedly had this to say of him: " . . . he impress

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA is hot on the trail of foreign investors. China's eagerness f

IT'S MORE THAN A LITTLE IRONIC that the high-cost U.S. ship registry has become the latest flag of c

Commencement speeches rarely make waves, and almost never make history, but the speech by Secretary

Our friends at The Wall Street Journal have confirmed what the Coca-Cola Co. already knew: people r

Movies. Movies. Movies. Woody Allen grew up entranced by old-time movies. So did we. There w

Scoop Gnocchi, the one-time Venetian canal kid who made it big as a gondolier-tenor, has just offere

IN CONCEPT, THE NATIONAL Labor Relations Act brings democracy to the work place, providing a mechani

I've never thought that 13 was unlucky but I'm beginning to think there's something to triskaidekaph

Deregulation Is Tied To Highway SafetyYour article, "Deregulation Highway Safety Not Connect

A NUMBER IN SEARCH OF A THEORY is how economists label the government's Index of Leading Economic In

In Tom Clancy's best-seller, "The Hunt for Red October," American fighter pilots, in a display of up

The international debt crisis, which periodically explodes onto the front page, is back at the top

ALAN GREENSPAN FACES an unenviable task. As chairman-to-be of the Federal Reserve, he must quickly

What distinguishes much of the current Congressional debate on trade legislation is its defensivenes

The statement was a shocker to the foreign labor leaders who had assembled to discuss working hours.

NEW YORK CITY has the I Love New York campaign. Virginia is for Lovers, the bumper stickers say in t

Congress is debating trade law reform as it seeks to remedy a seemingly intractable U.S. trade defic

THE PROTECTIONISTS IN WASHINGTON are out to save a basic industry once again. Automobile quotas? No.

THE JAPANESE SURELY have grown weary of Western lectures on how to stoke domestic demand and correct

Margaret Thatcher loves to chat. Face to face she is easy to talk to, a good conversationalist who o

NAIC Involvement In Studies ClarifiedA recent Journal of Commerce article incorrectly report

Easterners, those born and raised in the Northeastern portion of the United States, often don't unde

A COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD of governors of the struggling Inter-American Development Bank meets here J

THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR continues hot, but cooler heads have prevailed in Washington. After considerable p

Economists Milton Friedman and Art Laffer are wringing their hands these days, predicting trade wars

THE DEBATE ABOUT DEALING with air traffic delays is heating up fast. But like all too many debates i

Congress Must Act On Coal RoyaltiesTo the Editor:I read with great interest your Apr

Amid verbal saber rattling, some of the most influential U.S. leaders have drafted trade legislation

AN ASSET, WEBSTER'S SAYS, is "a valuable and desirable thing to have." The loans to developing count

Country living has its surprises. The most magnificent, without any question, occurred a wee

THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD so far has shown admirable restraint in responding to the falling dollar,

As I am waiting to interview James R. Harvey, 52, chairman and CEO of the multibillion-dollar Transa

In one of their comic skits, Bud Abbott used to assure his partner, Lou Costello, that he had read i

PERIODICALLY, the federal government's economic statistics come under fire for a variety of reasons,

VENICE IS ALWAYS LOVELY in the springtime. Perhaps that alone is sufficient reason for the heads of

Dealing with Japan's trade surplus has become a major issue as trade legislation makes its way on C

Leaders of the seven major industrial democracies are preparing once again to go their annual econom

The debt crisis, which broke out with the Mexican bankruptcy in 1982, should be seen more as a break