There is now widespread agreement that the United States must do something about the amount of oil it consumes. But all proposals are a trade-off between the good and the bad. In a useful, even-handed analysis, the authors analyze several widely discussed solutions and present the pros and cons...

How do you revive the steel industry and protect workers as well? The authors present a comprehensive analysis of the evolving industry, new protectionist measures, and better ideas about helping the threatened steelworkers.

In recent years, college students, professors, and legislators from around the country have increasingly questioned the pricing practices of college textbook publishers. Many college students today have yearly textbook bills of $800-$900. The college textbook industry makes a good case study of...

After intensifying in the 1980s and 1990s, the longstanding dispute between Europe and the United States over government subsidies for the commercial jetliner industry again heated up in 2004. This time, however, the stakes were higher because both nations sued each other at the World Trade...