Commentary

The White House appears finally to have recognized that it must take affirmative action to block wha

LEE IACOCCA would like to keep on producing the Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon, the two cars that h

Gabon is a rare exception in Africa. On a continent where most economies are in severe crisis and t

West Germany is moving into the final stages of a deadly dull election campaign with Chancellor Helm

When white residents of Johannesburg's affluent northern suburbs entertain friends at dinner or meet

IT IS NO REFLECTION on Michel Camdessus, the able French central banker elected to succeed Jacques d

The antitrust division of the Department of Justice has become an economic regulator of mergers. Tha

WOMEN'S SKIRT LENGTH, as you probably know, has long been viewed as an economic indicator: Short ski

What will the new year bring for the United States economy? I think it can be one of the more critic

VOYAGER HAS SAFELY COMPLETED its non-stop round-the-world flight, and the weary travelers have unlo

Jack (Pal) Smurch flew 25,000 miles around the world non-stop in 1937. He towed floating gas tanks b

WE LIKE TO THINK that historians will remember Ronald Reagan for his economic legacy as much as for

"Anyway," said my Tokyo taxi driver, "you've got to admire his nerve." He was talking about Prime Mi

The time is ripe for a serious discussion between East and West on improved security arrangements be

As the government readies itself for what looks certain to be an election year, British industry is

THE TAX REFORM ACT was intended to further fairness, right? Well, beginning Jan. 1 the rate paid on

The Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 is certain to frustrate U.S. businesses with trading ties to South Af

The Reagan administration has made a wise move in announcing it will reverse its earlier strategy an

DISMISSAL BY JUDGE CHARLES H. TENNEY in U.S. District Court, New York, of the complaint brought by o

Demonstrations for more democracy by Chinese students on as many as a dozen campuses are like nothin

ONE OF THE MAINSTAYS of the Fiscal 1988 Reagan budget, we're told, will be more sales of government

THE COAL CHAPTER of President Reagan's much-awaited energy and national security report, still in dr

THERE'S A CHRISTMAS TREE the Reagan administration isn't asking for, doesn't want and would refuse i

There are two types of people, Mark Twain used to say. Those who separate people into two types of p

We need to impose disciplines and practices that will foster reasonable, but not excessive, debt cre

Like other Western industrial states, Canada has, in recent years, embarked on the privatization roa

In his final months on the Federal Reserve Board, Henry Wallich got outvoted a lot. His scholarly ma

THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION has served notice to U.S. trading partners that Washington will no longe

MANY CORPORATE DIRECTORS, those people who boss the bosses, are getting double-digit pay hikes this

US Defense Lacks Mobility, CredibilityLet's be clear about one fact. It costs money for a de

We cannot, and we will not, let this stop us from getting on with the business of governing.

MUCH HAS BEEN MADE of the transition of the U.S. economy from manufacturing to services. But somethi

AFTER 150 YEARS of not being able to do so, members of the House of Representatives soon should be a

HOW Claims Article On Court Case WrongAn article in your paper (JofC, Oct. 7) described the

A half-dozen years ago, U.S. businessmen were eager to cash in on a seeming Chinese bonanza.

AS THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION casts about for scapegoats to this nation's projected $170 billion trad

National security - free world security - is as much if not more dependent on economic stability as

Deficient as the Common Market may still be in many ways, particularly with regard to non-tariff bar

The publishing industry daily delivers to U.S. consumers a product almost as ubiquitous as the air w

QUESTION: WHEN IS A BUDGET not a budget? Answer: When it is the document President Reagan sends to