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An East bloc refrigerator costs $2,000, an average worker's income for an entire year. A $35 Sanyo fan goes for $500 -- no small consideration in a country where the daily temperature averages 78 degrees F. Local goods are in short supply too. Thanks to inefficient methods of growing...
Not only the perennial bane of the U.S.-Japan trade imbalance but also a widening array of other economic conflicts threaten to poison the relationship over the coming months. During the election campaign that ended with balloting on Feb. 18, Washington muted its complaints about Japanese economic practices. Within hours...
There is no special shame in not being the world's greatest nation. The Swiss and the Swedes lead happy lives. Perhaps, having remained steadfast for four decades of cold war, we have done enough. Prosperous isolation has genuine appeal. But it is embarrassing to hear a President proclaim, as...
"A lot of kids used to say, 'Ha, ha, shut up, shrimp,' " recalls Jonas Devlin. The Stratford, Conn., eighth-grader is not disabled or deformed; he is merely very short. At 13, he is 4 ft. 7 in., or 6 in. shorter than 97% of the kids his age. But...
BUSINESS: Latin America's wealth gap keeps widening