William Neikirk

One of the most intense campaigns in America is under way, although most people don`t realize it. Alan Greenspan is running for reappointment as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board....

They say H. Norman Schwarzkopf could have any job in the business world he wants. ''Stormin` Norman,'' a nickname he hates, showed that he knew how to take over a...

How much is a dollar worth? Surely at any given instant a dollar is a dollar, no more, no less. But a dollar in some hands clearly is worth more...

Perrier, the chic drink of the 1980s, can`t get its old market back. It has tried every conceivable manner known to modern marketing, but Americans have moved on to other...

Chicago economist David Hale wants some credit. From his fecund mind comes this often-quoted, often-unattributed line: ''Kuwait is a banking system without a country, and the United States is a...

The other day, shortly after President Bush`s State of the Union speech, I went in search of the New World Order. The president`s inspiring talk had moved me to action....

Depend on it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. -Samuel Johnson, Sept. 19, 1777. Nothing describes the dynamism...

Too many nights have I dozed off with the TV on, only to be awakened by the national anthem and the roar of jet fighters in the skies. Designed to...

With my trusty remote control, I settle back on the couch to watch the war. Now I know what it means to live with inherent contradiction. In my comfort, I...

John Gould, dean of the University of Chicago`s Graduate School of Business, takes an unusual attitude these days. He`s optimistic. No, he`s no sideshow freak, nor is he an ostrich....