Volume 8, Number 19, May 12, 1981
Departments
Science & Technology
by Robert Zubrin
NASA and fusion energy program still on the budgetary hit list.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
The slow growthers take it on the chin.
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
Behind the crisis in Lebanon.
Eye on Washington
by Stanley Ezrol
Congressional Closeup
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
An alternative to the strategic reserve.
Economics
A Brave New World of Financial Decontrol
by David Goldman
“The decontrollers and the proponents of credit controls are the same people,” writes David Goldman.
Agriculture Secretary Block Foresees U.S. Farm Export Push
by Susan B. Cohen
Susan B. Cohen held this exclusive interview in Washington, where Mr. Block described his aggressive view of the department’s role.
Warfare Over Oil Prices
by Judith Wyer
The new interest-rate rise will reduce petroleum demand further: was it engineered to undercut the Saudi move to bolster the world economy?
Currency Rates
Banking
by Kathy Burdman
Volcker and variable mortgage rates.
Foreign Exchange
by David Goldman
New central bank actions threaten DM.
Domestic Credit
by Richard Freeman
Toward permanent unemployment.
World Trade
by Mark Sonnenblick
Business Briefs
Special Report
Assassinations, Terrorism, and the Socialist International
by Paul Goldstein
An overview of the concerted escalation against world leaders since Ronald Reagan assumed the U.S. presidency.
The Attempt To Kill Prime Minister Gandhi
How Libya’s Qaddafi Spurs Terror on Both Sides of the Atlantic
by Scott Thompson
Colombia’s M-19 Terrorists Promoted by Socialist International Networks
by Cynthia Rush
Documentation: Literary celebrity Gabriel García Márquez’s support for the M-l9.
Amnesty Movement Set Up by Britain
by Steven Meyer
International
Socialists in Italy Produce Another Duce
by Muriel Mirak
Milan bureau chief Muriel Mirak’s blow-by-blow account of Socialist leader Craxi’s new move for power-in historical perspective.
The Fate of France Is At Stake in the Second-Round Fight for the Presidency
Giscard Is the Only Choice for France
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Broad Agreements Reached Between Bonn and Riyadh
by Susan Welsh
Schmidt’s trip to Saudi Arabia.
Fabian Peace Groups Plan Political Attacks
by Luba George
A report on a disarmament strategy session in Holland.
U.S. Investors Have New Opportunity
by Dolia Estevez Pettingell and Dennis Small
The state of Sonora in Mexico: four key economic sectors looking for input.
International Intelligence
National
Reagan Strengthened: Key Decisions Yet To Come
by Richard Cohen
Richard Cohen reports from Washington on the budget, the AWACS decision, and the little-known war-on- drugs announcement by Edwin Meese.
‘Population Shock Therapy’ for the Third World: Haig’s RAPID Program
by Lonnie Wolfe
The State Department is conducting an Orwellian psychological warfare campaign against Third World officials.
Origins of Global 2000: A Map of Depopulation Warriors in the U.S.
by Lonnie Wolfe
Every decision maker should be familiar with this history.
A Big MAC for Every City?
by Stephen Parsons
Stephen Parsons’ report on how the city governments of Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia have been boxed into unnecessary austerity.
National News
