Commentary

Argentina is squeezing U.S. air carriers out of the profitable Buenos Aires market in order to prote

W. EDWARDS DEMING, America's best known management guru, was a harsh critic of U.S. corporations. In

ROMANIA this week marks the fourth anniversary of the ouster of dictator Nicolae Ceausescuand the en

In Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa's first policy speech to Japan's parliament, he pledged to curb

ALTHOUGH THE U.S. ECONOMY is improving, Europe is still in the doldrums. The Organization for Econom

BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY has increased sharply in the last few years, and trucking has been no exceptio

Europe was the clear winner from last week's historic GATT world trade pact. Europe will rea

PERILS OF WORKING ON THE RAILROADThe problem of crew calling to which Larry Kaufman refers i

Will Rogers once observed, "The Congress is adjourned. The Republic is safe." He was right, but he f

A friend of mine likes to quip that nothing was ever said for the first time. Nonetheless,I think I

With the Uruguay Round trade deal completed, the Clinton administration is tackling another tough tr

WHO SAYS economics is a dismal science? Listen to most economists these days and you beginto feel po

At the height of the holiday season, the finer points of labor law and the president's role in resol

IT'S RARE for a big city mayor to threaten to close the local airport. But Richard Riordan of Los An

Over the last decade, many U.S. companies have reduced the amount of fundamental scientific research

VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY, Russia's latest extremist, is threatening to reverse economic reforms, but don

Last week, assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs Alexander Watson warned that an e

It's been 15 years since I read a book review that caused me to put into words my deepest conviction

I am writing this column not long after putting up our Christmas tree and therefore should not be he

ABOUT THE BEST that can be said of Russia's parliamentary election is that it was largely free of vo

A GATT DEAL has arrived in time for Christmas, and it's just the gift slumping national economies ne

US NEEDS BROAD EXPORT TRADE CENTERNow that the North American Free Trade Agreement has final

The successful Uruguay Round GATT agreement reduces trade barriers in many sectors and broadens the

VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY, the Russian ultra-nationalist who emerged from Sunday's elections as a force-t

Suddenly Vietnam is being touted as tomorrow's economic superstar. "One of the most promisin

With Congress in recess, Washington is officially on vacation this month. But you would be hard pres

Senate Republican leader Bob Dole is showing signs of heeding key lessons of 1992. Even so, however,

IT'S MUCH LESS than it could have been. The new GATT world trade deal, which will be unveiled in Gen

DURING THE LAST DECADE, Latin America has become one of the world's fastest- growing air cargo marke

In any competition for champion liar of the U.S. government, the Department of Energy, maker and gua

When President Clinton comes to Prague next Jan. 11-12 to meet with leaders of four Central European

RESULTS AREN'T FINAL YET, but Russia's nationalists and communists were doing surprisingly well in p

The collapse of the Berlin Wall, the miscarriage of the European Monetary Union, the end of the Japa

MASSACHUSETTS GOV. William Weld is a strong supporter of contracting state services to private firms

PRODDED BY A CIVIL LAWSUIT, the Justice Department has begun a criminal investigation that could thr

U.S. exporters aren't expecting a dramatic increase in the Clinton administration's export financing

TRUCKERS, SHIPPERS DON'T NEED TARIFFSThe recent letter from Martin E. Foley, executi

Big Company Disease has corroded the economic foundation of corporate giants worldwide, but perhaps

As the world trade talks struggle to a conclusion this month in Geneva, new voices have emerged with

In New York City, the three most popular words are "excuse me" and "next." You say "excuse m