A discussion of the costs associated with trade restraint, focusing on devices currently used or recently proposed in the United States.

An examination of the possible positive and negative effects that could result from a hypothetical $10 per barrel increase in tariffs on crude oil and refined oil products.

An analysis of the role of foreign investment in U.S. resource allocation, finding that the large influx of foreign capital in the 1980s has been used predominantly to fund domestic investment and consumer investment spending.

A general discussion of the nature of the international debt problem and an analysis of a number of proposals for solving it.

A look at state initiatives in the interstate banking movement, including discussion about the economic and legal dimensions of regional banking pacts.

An analysis of factors that produced a 40 percent drop in U.S. agricultural exports between 1981 and 1986, with a discussion of the potential effects of dollar depreciation and the 1985 Food Security Act.

An examination of the 1978 steel trigger price mechanism, with a description of its operation and economic impact, and a discussion of events that led to its suspension in 1982.

A discussion of the reasons for the shift in U.S. coal production to western states, with data on production (1970-81) and consumption (1970- 80) by region, plus an examination of the nation's coal production outlook.