Volume 8, Number 2, January 13, 1981
Departments
Book Review
by Paul Gallagher
The stakes in the fight for Italy’s “heavy lira”: Review of A “Gaullist” Solution for Italy’s Monetary Crisis by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menendez
Obregón won, not Zapata.
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
Not so simple, Mr. Reagan.
Energy Insider
Some policy clues.
Economics
The BIS Makes a 1981 Power Grab
by David Goldman
David Goldman on the implications of the new curb on Germany’s international lending.
Documentation: An interview with Federal Reserve Governor Henry A. Wallich.
International Credit
by Renée Sigerson
The specter of the 1930s.
Domestic Credit
by Richard Freeman
When the economy snaps, let go.
Banking
by Kathy Burdman
Squabble of the titans.
Agriculture
by Susan B. Cohen
Dairy to test Reagan farm policy.
World Trade
by Mark Sonnenblick
Gold
by Alice Roth
Swiss to dump dollars for gold.
Currency Rates
China’s Economic Chaos
by Richard Katz
An overview of the current situation and Deng Xiaoping’s strategy.
A Wicker Caravan in New York
Business Briefs
Special Report
Central American Trap Set for the Reagan Administration
by Dennis Small
How the Trap Was Set
by Timothy Rush
Nicaragua’s Ordeal: Eyewitness Account
Jesuits Run Both Sides in Salvador
by Carlos Wesley
Cuba Declares War on Advanced Sector
by Gretchen Small
Soviet Faction Backs Latin Insurrections
by Rachel Douglas
The first in a series of reports on U.S.S.R. factions by Soviet Sector Editor Rachel Douglas.
A Jesuit Controller on Cuba and Central America
The Battle over Mexico’s Foreign Policy
by Elsa Ennis
Documentation: López Portillo versus Castañeda.
Mexico: Christian Democrats Start Socialist Party
by Dolia Pettingell
International
Kissinger Sets Up a Mideast ‘Arc of Crisis’
by Robert Dreyfuss
Robert Dreyfuss on the “shuttle” reprise.
Qaddafi’s African Bridgehead
by Douglas DeGroot
Douglas DeGroot on Libyan incursions into Black Africa.
Nigeria: The Plan For Disintegration
by Mark Burdman
Sudan: Trigger for U.S.-Soviet Conflict
Fifth Republic, Giscard d’Estaing under Attack from All Sides
by Dana Sloan
The French electoral race poses a threat against the republic’s strong presidency.
Documentation: Recent press blasts against Giscard and the French system of government.
International Intelligence
National
Momentum Grows Against Volcker’s Credit Policy
by Barbara Dreyfuss
An update on industry, union, farm and legislative action.
Documentation: Statements and resolutions from the United Autoworkers, New York unionists, a Pennsylvania auto dealers’ spokesman, a Washington State congressman, and Sen. Howell Heflin of Alabama.
The Liberals’ Darling
by Kathy Murphy
Not just Kissinger, but various Democratic operatives primed Alexander Haig’s rise, and continue to do so.
Allen and Kirkpatrick: A Foreign-Policy Problem
The designates as National Security Adviser and United Nations ambassador have unhealthy backgrounds, too.
National News
