Volume 8, Number 17, April 28, 1981
Departments
Editorial
The promise of Columbia.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
An alliance in the Caribbean?
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
Haig tries to hike oil prices.
Eye on Washington
by Richard Cohen
Congressional Closeup
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
Oil and the Outer Continental Shelf.
Economics
Nation-States versus the Central Banks
by David Goldman
Who sided with whom at the April 12 “interest-rate disarmament” conference, why there was no progress, and how the U.S. could turn things around.
Crisis-Management Options for a Bankrupt World Monetary System
by Renée Sigerson
The Eurodollar debt crisis mooted in the financial press is realer than is admitted. Deflation, triage, or an international development program are the basic choices.
Currency Rates
Turning Point for Argentina
by Mark Sonnenblick
Will the new government hoist this crucial economy out of the monetarist trap?
World Trade
by Mark Sonnenblick
Domestic Credit
by Richard Freeman
The great tax debate.
Banking
by Kathy Burdman
The last straw.
Agriculture
by Susan B. Cohen
Effort halted to ban 2,4,5-T.
Gold
by Montresor
French elections could mean price rise.
Business Briefs
Special Report
Who is Keeping Khomeini in Power?
by Robert Dreyfuss
Prolonging the Iran-Iraq war and pre-empting a stabilization of Gulf oil prices is an overriding aim of the Ayatollah’s London-centered backers.
The Opposition to Khomeini: Perspectives and Prospects
by Robert Dreyfuss
Ayatollah Qomi Says Regime Violates Islam
Shahpour Bakhtiar Discusses Iran
Robert Dreyfuss’s exclusive interview.
The Robert Moss Network ‘Spikes’ EIR
by Robert Dreyfuss
The Magician: Khomeini Caught Stealing Bones
ARA Clarifies Its Policy Proposal
A letter to the editor.
Iranian Official Indicts Carter for Overthrow of Shah
by Seyyed Jalal Taghavi Larijani
International
The Lineup for the French Presidential Elections
by Garance Upham Phau
Focusing on the international stakes, Giscard’s situation, and his support from European Labor Party leader Jacques Cheminade.
Documentation: Policy positions of the major candidates.
What Makes Jacques Chirac and François Mitterrand Run?
by Dana Sloan
A dossier on the old OAS/Socialist network that props up both of them.
‘Criminologists’ Run Radical Organizations
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Red Brigades arrests confirm an Investigative Leads hypothesis.
Economic Growth Wins in Quebec
by Pierre Beaudry
An election report: the first installment in our expanded Canadian coverage.
International Intelligence
National
Impasse in Washington: What Next for Reagan?
by Kathleen Murphy
Including a rundown of the missing appointees in the Executive branch.
Immigration Policy: A New Start for U.S-Mexico Relations?
by Dennis Small
LaRouche Talks About the Mexico Potential
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
‘No Migrant Law Will Work Without a Growth Approach’
A statement by the National Democratic Policy Committee.
Paddock’s Friends Draft Senate Act
by Timothy Rush and Dennis Small
The Huddleston bill: an exposé.
Senator Alan Cranston: Fed’s Policy Is Inflationary
An exclusive interview with a key California Democrat.
‘Discourage Keeping People Alive’
by Lonnie Wolfe
The Office of Technology Assessment thinks it can slide mass murder past the White House.
Heritage Wants To Shrink Armed Forces
by Barbara Dreyfuss
The foundation is conserving on defense.
National News
