Volume 8, Number 13, March 31, 1981
Departments
Science & Technology
by Marsha Freeman
Europe protests U.S. space budget cuts.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
What is the “Monterrey Group?”—Part 1.
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
The plot to install a Syrian ayatollah.
Congressional Closeup
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
Regulating America’s nuclear future.
Economics
Model Shows ‘In-Width’ Military Buildup Is Impossible for the U.S.
by David Goldman
Why Research and Development Are Key to National Security
by Dr. Steven Bardwell
A leading U.S. plasma physicist develops the implications.
First-Quarter Results Confirm EIR Forecast
by Richard Freeman
Domestic Credit
by Richard Freeman
A close look at unemployment.
International Credit
by Renée Sigerson
Supply-siders ship to Third World.
Foreign Exchange
by David Goldman
Can the dollar join the EMS?
World Trade
by Mark Sonnenblick
All the Queen’s Men
by Richard Freeman
Richard Freeman on Seagram and other U.S. corporate grabbers.
‘Technetronic’ Strategy for France Led by Paribas Bankers
by Laurent Murawiec
Currency Rates
Business Briefs
Special Report
Western Europe’s New Mobilization Against Thatcher
by Criton Zoakos
Criton Zoakos outlines the Franco-German counteroffensive against British-style policy.
Documentation: Statements by Giscard, Schmidt, banking spokesmen, and monetary officials.
Phase Two of the EMS Looks to Third World Development
by Dana Sloan
West Germany and France Act As ‘Strong Interlocutors for Peace’
by Susan Welsh
Europe’s East-West relations, and its recommendations to Reagan.
Why Was Thatcher Kept in Office?
by Christopher White
Most important is deluding Mr. Reagan that her policies can work.
International
LaRouche’s Mexico Tour and the Oil-for-Nuclear Plan
by Dennis Small
The trip to Monterrey and Mexico City this month by EIR’s founder was a policy initiative that hit “critical mass.”
Documentation: LaRouche’s proposals for industrialization, energy, and trade policy, plus a grid of press coverage.
Nuclear Power Advocates Spurred by Proposals for Expanded Investment
by Timothy Rush
The LaRouche call to exchange “20th-century” oil for “21st-century” nuclear technology had a sharp effect.
Union Leader: Nuclear Shutdown Means Murder
Hijacking Could Clinch U.S. Arms Shipment to Pakistan—and Undo General Zia’s Hold
by Paul Zykofsky
A report from New Delhi on the State Department’s push to arm Zia.
NATO To Control Arab Oil?
by Judith Wyer
Mobil is in the middle of both pipeline re-routing and RDF buildup.
Southern Africa’s Destabilization
by Douglas DeGroot
International Intelligence
National
Anti-Volcker Mobilization Mounted in Washington
by Laurence Hecht
An ad hoc committee lobbied (and grilled) Pennsylvania congressmen, while House Majority Leader Jim Wright said Democrats must challenge the Fed’s policy.
World Wildlife Fund and PCC/Draper Fund Sponsor Global 2000’s Attack Against Science
by Lonnie Wolfe
The effort to convince U.S. business that Maoist population control and bans on technology are the strategy of the future.
China’s Infanticide System
Benchmark Decision in Texas on Corporate Claims Against Iran
by George Canning
The first article in EIR’s expanded coverage of legal and constitutional questions.
‘Yippies’ a Cover for Assassination Capacity and Terrorism Wave
The questions behind a bomb explosion.
National News
