Volume 7, Number 50, December 23, 1980
Departments
Book Review
by Alice Roth
A Triffinite in Rueff’s clothing (Review of Milton Gilbert’s Quest for World Monetary Order: The Gold-Dollar System and Its Aftermath).
Science & Technology
by Vin Berg
Darwinism dethroned by the evidence.
Report from New Delhi
by Paul Zykofsky
His Highness visits India.
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
Prime Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh?
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menendez
López Portillo calls Klein a speculator.
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
Part II: the Halbouty report to the Reagan Administration.
Facts Behind Terror
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Behind the “rise of the right” scare.
Economics
Deflationary Policy Urged On Reagan
by David Goldman
Lehrman, Stockman and the Siena Group propose a bogus alternative to Volcker’s monetarism.
Treasury: Too Many Thrifts, Too Much Housing, Too Little Dereg
An interview with a strategist who fears Congress will reverse 1979’s motion toward those goals.
The Obstacles to Interstate Banking
The Ruhr Decides To Fight the Recession
by George Gregory
The Hoesch steel modernization decision, and pronuclear efforts.
Rebuilding Italy’s Economy with the ‘Heavy Lira’ Program
by Graham Lowry
A report on an EIR-Fusion Energy Foundation conference in Rome.
Domestic Credit
by Richard Freeman
When the economy goes.
Gold
by Alice Roth
Triffin’s new gold standard.
World Trade
by Mark Sonnenblick
Foreign Exchange
by David Goldman
London predicts January dollar crisis.
Currency Rates
Business Briefs
Special Report
Eurosocialists Launch Takeover of Democratic Party
by Konstantin George
An overview, including the activities of Henry Kissinger and Georgi Arbatov during the recent social-democratic conference.
The Second International Plans Radicalization of America
by Scott Thompson
A report on the Washington, D.C. conference.
Documentation: Excerpts from speeches by Willy Brandt, Joop den Uyl, Olof Palme, William Winpisinger, and Anthony Wedgwood Benn, with background on the Brandt Commission and British Labour Party.
El Salvador’s ‘Just Struggle’
International
Europe, Jordan Make New Mideast Offer to U.S.
by Judith Wyer
The results of the Luxembourg European Community summit.
Documentation: Sections of the communiqué.
The Devolution of Venezuela
Hard figures on how the Herrera Administration has wrecked the economy since March.
Documentation: The emergence of opposition.
German FDP Wants To End ‘Gigantomania’
by Rainer Apel
A report on the latest Free Democratic Party conference.
Court Rules Against IHT in LaRouche Case
The Paris verdict was that the International Herald Tribune had defamed the Democratic candidate.
Political Strife Flares Again in Nicaragua
by Gretchen Small
Intra-governmental battles are moving out of control.
International Intelligence
National
Kirkland, O’Neill Plan Democratic Split
by L. Wolfe
Part of the game-plan that circulated at the Socialist International conference.
Documentation: Interviews with three U.S. social democrats.
Democrats Vie for Committee Control
by Barbara Dreyfuss
The Speaker of the House lost a few battles.
Tip O’Neill’s Economic Mentor
State Chairmen Expand Voice
by Laura Chasen
The Democratic National Committee executive also boosted the role of elected officials: an on-the-scene report.
Curbing the EPA
by Susan B. Cohen
New legislative provisions prevent unscientific rulings by the Environmental Protection Agency.
‘Misconduct Was by Government’
The District Court ruling that the Justice Department abused its powers in two Abscam cases.
Documentation: Excerpts from the court decision.
National News
