Volume 6, Number 40, October 16, 1979
This Week
The Dollar and the Presidency
by Nora Hamerman
The Week in Brief
Economics
International Credit: The ‘Long Run’ Is Here
by David Goldman
Carter: No Need To Stabilize Dollar
The Reaction in Europe
Domestic Credit: Squeezing into a British Corset
by Lydia Schulman
Volcker’s ‘Little Depression’
by Richard Freeman
Volcker’s Initiative Can’t Support Dollar
by Renée Sigerson
Agriculture: What the Volcker Policy Will Mean
by Susan Cohen
Crisis of Confidence Lifts Gold
by Alice Roth
World Trade Figures Show Problems
by Alain LeMal
Foreign Aid: U.S. Can Meet Emergency Food Needs
by Richard Schulman
International
Europe: A Superpower for Peace
by Susan Welsh
Détente with or without the United States – Schmidt: SALT II Must Be Ratified.
U.S.S.R. Offers Bold Disarmament Plan
by Rachel Douglas
U.S., Britain Respond
France Promotes Peace from Atlantic to Urals
by Garance Phau
Counterintelligence
Environmentalist Setback at Seabrook
by Ernest White
An eyewitness report by the man who blew the whistle.
Asia
Upset for CFR in Japan
Prime Minister Ohira in trouble over parliamentary election setback.
State Department on Cambodia: ‘Neutrality’ on Genocide
Middle East
Arab Oil-Producers Using Oil as a Weapon for Development
by Judith Wyer
Arab Leaders Make an Offer to U.S.
Arab League Secretary General: Blackmail Is Not Our Policy – UAE Oil Minister: We Will Produce Oil, But Peace Must Be Achieved – Saudi Foreign Minister: Need for New International Economic Order – Iraq Foreign Minister: Call for an International Development Fund.
How the Arabs Are Guaranteeing Security
by Mark Burdman
Who Is Making Oil Prices Skyrocket?
Latin America
López Portillo: New Era of U.S.-Latin Relations a ‘Categorical Imperative’
U.S.-Mexico Summit: ‘Brutally Frank’
Carter Waves the ‘Big Stick’
‘In Panama, Founding Fathers Are Winning’
Excerpts of a speech by Mexico’s President José López Portillo.
Europe
The Direction of French Policy
The Tradition of Friedrich List
by Jacques Cheminade
French political economy from Jean Bodin to Charles Dupin-part 3.
Press
U.S. Labor Party Sues New York Times for $100 Million
U.S. Report
Taking On ‘Organized Evil’
National Anti-Drug Coalition holds first meeting in Detroit.
Highlights of the Convention Speeches
The Coalition Makes Legislative Gains
Columns
Congressional Calendar
SALT Treaty To Move Out of Committee – Kennedy Supports Aid to Pol Pot – Nunn Plans December Narcotics Hearings – Senate Votes Up Mobilization Board.
Facts Behind Terrorism: Khomeini Lobby Prods PLO into U.S. Antinuclear Camp
by Mark Burdman
Labor Periscope: A Faction Fight over Meany’s Successor?
by L. Wolfe
World Trade Review
