William Neikirk

They are rushing across the border by the thousands in search of freedom and opportunity, away from a rigid social system and a rigid economy. Bureaucratic economies based on central...

Sixteen years ago, every American was worried that the Arabs and their oil would drain the country of its wealth. You have never heard such a hue and cry. They...

Japan`s ability to raise money for its businesses is one of the amazing economic stories of our time. Its own stock market has proven a steady source of investment capital...

This country has a love-hate relationship with disasters. We hate to see them come, but when they do, we pull together with great energy and charity to help the victims....

Two years after the big crash, Wall Street is bravely facing another fearsome Monday with major Western governments working overtime to prevent it from happening again. World financial leaders conferred...

Can it be that the good old days are returning? Just as we thought that there appeared to be no end to the wave of corporate buyouts, along comes a...

This is the second settling of America. Just as the early settlers went after the Indians, the new money is going after the old. And the old isn`t very old....

I do not know whether Philip B. Miller and Marvin Traub have the money or can find the money, but I wish them well in their efforts to buy their...

The economic issue of the day: Will approval of a lower capital gains tax cause more people to buy beer? This is not as idle a question as it sounds....

What makes American companies so short-term in their thinking? Most of us blame it on the peculiar organization of our businesses, in which stock is publicly traded, bought and sold...