Volume 8, Number 11, March 17, 1981
Departments
The Art Investor
by Dr. D. Stephen Pepper
The key to collectibles. A new column by Dr. D. Stephen Pepper.
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
The Saudi-Italian stakes.
Eye on Washington
by Richard Cohen
Congressional Close-up
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
Small coal-producer program fiasco.
Economics
Springing a Monetary Trap on the White House
by David Goldman
David Goldman on the notion that Volcker’s interest-rate policy can be terminated by following Volcker’s budget prescriptions.
Documentation: Part One of an interview with Arthur Burns.
Why Supply-Side Economics Is an Antigrowth Swindle
by Kathy Burdman
The Bank for International Settlements monetarists cooked up “Lafferism” as a new PR ploy for austerity.
International Credit
by Renée Sigerson
Poehl: Germany’s Volcker?
Gold
by Montresor
Tucker, Anthony warns of shakeout.
World Trade
by David Ramonet
Rep. Bailey on U.S. Growth Needs
by Barbara Dreyfuss
An EIR interview with a cosponsor of Ronald Mottl’s anti-Volcker legislation.
Currency Rates
Business Briefs
Special Report
Mexico: A $100 Billion Neighbor
by Robyn Quijano
Mexico 2000: Energy and Economy
by Dr. Uwe Parpart
Dr. Uwe Parpart’s introduction to the FEFAMEF program.
The Urgency of a Full Education Drive
The LaRouche-Riemann Model Shows Industrial Transformation
by Dr. Steven Bardwell
Dr. Steven Bardwell on the program’s effects in the agricultural, petroleum, and capital goods sectors.
Documentation: Eighteen LaRouche-Riemann computer graphics.
Oil-for-Technology Deals: The Potential
by Timothy Rush
And Mexican projects already under way.
Documentation: An American Nuclear Society spokesman interviewed on U.S. exports.
International
A Hobson’s Choice for Mideast Policy?
by Mark Burdman
Reagan has options beyond Camp David or an AngloAmerican RDF.
Soviet Party Congress: Nuclear Energy Pivot of Five-Year Plan
by Rachel Douglas
French Presidency: Giscard Campaigns Against Socialists
by Garance Upham Phau
‘The Enemy Is Europe’
by Susan Welsh
How the Royal Institute of International Affairs really sees the world.
Peking Halves Capital Investment, and Jeopardizes the China Card
by Richard Katz
EIR predictions are being confirmed.
Sihanouk To Cover for Pol Pot Again
by Ramtanu Maitra
An Auto-Defense Tradeoff for the U.S.?
by Richard Katz
A report on Japanese export negotiations.
OSS ‘Old Boys’ Welcome Maggie Thatcher in New York
by Scott Thompson
International Intelligence
National
Red Alert On Reagan’s Budget Cut Plan
by Warren Hamerman
Acting without scientific advice, the Administration is undercutting the basis of the economy and its own political lifeline.
Stockman’s Global 2000 Approach
by Christopher White
The OMB director is on the bottom rung of two decades of planning for mass murder.
Documentation: Interviews and statements from Harlan Cleveland, George McGhee, John Oakes, Sen. Charles Mathias, and George Ball.
Justice Department Turning Into a National Police Apparatus
by Jeffrey Steinberg
The story goes far beyond an attempted FBI takeover of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
National News
