Volume 7, Number 41, October 21, 1980
Departments
Editorial
Science and the national interest.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menendez
The case of Mr. Juan Eibenshutz
Congressional Calendar
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Capitol Hill Closeup
Expanding our coverage.
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
“The tax must be repealed”.
Economics
Two Illiquidity Crises and Two Off-Track Solutions
by Richard Freeman
The current structure of international and U.S. corporate debt means too much loan demand for interest rates to come down soon-unless a crash intervenes.
IMF Meeting Raises Survival Questions
by Michael Hudson
Strapped for deposits, the Fund continues to dictate Third World policy nevertheless.
Currency Rates
EPA Squeezes the Steel ‘Lemon’
A scandal behind the revitalization pledges.
Trade Review
by Mark Sonnenblick
Agriculture
by Susan B. Cohen
Zero growth for California water?
Gold
by Alice Roth
IMF bows to remonetization.
Business Briefs
Special Report
The Undeclared War on American Regional Banking
by David Goldman
Documentation: Interviews with a legal counsel to the Comptroller of the Currency and Sunbelt bankers.
Carter Administration Pushes Interstate Banking Plan
by Kathy Burdman
Documentation: Statements by domestic adviser Stu Eizenstat and Conference of State Bank Supervisors president Angelo Bianchi.
The Proposal For ‘Free Banking Zones’
Documentation: Statements by the Association of Reserve City Bankers and New York Fed.
U.S. CHIPS Move: Electronic Warfare
Documentation: Interviews with the American Banking Association and three non-New York money center bankers.
Dereg Bill Aids Interstate Banking
Documentation: Statements by the U.S. League of Savings Associations.
International
Superpower Showdown Looms in the Persian Gulf
by Nancy Coker
U.S. Maneuvers for Middle East Buildup
by Judith Wyer
The latest Pentagon diplomacy seeks bases for a rapid-fire “constabulary force” in the region.
Soviet-Syria Treaty a Net Loss for the U.S.S.R.
by Robert Dreyfuss
The slide in American influence since Camp David continues, but the British are reaping the benefits, not the Soviets and their “hard-line” associates.
Mossad Faction Targets French Foreign Policy
by Dana Sloan
The enemies of a second Presidential term for Giscard have chosen "anti-Semitic violence" as a weapon against his government.
West Germany: Strauss’s Stature Shrinks With Vote
by Michael Liebig
International Intelligence
National
The Game Plan for the November Elections
by Criton Zoakos
Criton Zoakos identifies the step-by-step scenario to push Carter ahead, why Reagan’s grass-roots support has dissipated, and the magnitude of the vote fraud potential.
National Security Doctrine for the Philip Agee Case
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
A memorandum to members of Congress from the National Democratic Policy Committee’s advisory board chairman, Lyndon LaRouche. Adequate defense, he contends, rests on the highest level of scientific effort and on legislators’ ability to tell shadow from substance.
How the Fusion Bill Became U.S. Law
An interview with Dr. Morris Levitt of the Fusion Energy Foundation, which played a paramount role in shaping the McCormack nuclear fusion legislation and creating the circumstances for its passage.
National News
