Volume 8, Number 42, October 27, 1981
Departments
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
Gear-up in Sweden’s nuclear program.
Interviews
by Héctor Apolinar
Francisco Javier Alejo, Mexican Ambassador to Japan; Noboru Matsunaga, Japanese Ambassador to Mexico; Renzo Taguchi, representative of Japan’s Keidanren industrial association.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
Whither De la Madrid?
Report from Paris
by Katherine Kanter and Sophie Tanapura
Mitterrand’s nuclear Waterloo.
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
The Trilaterals strike back.
Congressional Closeup
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Eye on Washington
by Stanley Ezrol
Economics
U.S. Interest Rates: How Far Will They Decline?
by David Goldman
Fed Sees Loan Demand Disappearing Fast
An interview in which a New York Fed spokesman says they want to inflict a slow, steady recession that won’t panic the President.
Industrial Chain Reaction, Not ‘Fine-Tuning’
by Richard Freeman
Currency Rates
No Credit, Scant Revenue
by Leif Johnson
State and municipal finance is being abruptly sabotaged.
West German Bankers and Industrialists Join Demand for Further Lending
by George Gregory
Schmidt’s Battle
by Susan Welsh
The West German Chancellor’s domestic and political efforts.
Documentation: Excerpts from two recent speeches.
Gold
by Montresor
No near-term price rise.
Agriculture
by Susan B. Cohen
Farm equipment markets devastated.
World Trade
by Mark Sonnenblick
Business Briefs
Special Report
The Labor Encyclical: An Idea That Could Save Civilization
by Criton Zoakos
Editor-in-Chief Criton Zoakos comments on John Paul II’s new contribution.
From the Text of Laborem Exercens
‘The Pope Ought To Study Sociology’
A sample of verdicts from Catholic schismatics and liberals.
International
State Department’s Unfinished Business: Depopulating Egypt
by Robert Dreyfuss
The hands and feet of British intelligence, including the same State personnel who fostered Khomeini, say Mubarak must submit or be overthrown.
DOS, Clark, Aspen: Destroy Industry
Five interviews.
The IMF Plan for Egypt
‘Leonid Brezhnev Must Break With London Before It’s Too Late’
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Especially for the Middle East.
Mexico’s Bid for Industrial Partners
by Timothy Rush
A chronology of the renewed drive for nuclear energy there, with its implications for North-South relations in general and ties with the U.S. in particular.
The Seven Bidders for Laguna Verde
by Timothy Rush
Their strengths and weaknesses.
Japan-Mexico Relations: Tokyo Out To Rebuild Trade and Investment
by Héctor Apolinar
International Intelligence
National
Will Ronald Reagan Stick Out His Political Neck?
by Lonnie Wolfe
More than AWACS is at stake: the ability of the Executive to provide leadership.
The IMF Is Imposing the ‘Lifeboat Ethic’
An interview with Garrett Hardin, one of the original publicists of the population triage policy. He applauds the Peking model and accurately emphasizes that the State Department and IMF policy of depopulation is his own, under more polite names.
A Case Study: The Guardian Angels
by Charles E. Herbert
“Volunteerism” to replace city workers is bad business, and bad politics. This pilot project is promoted by pseudo-conservative opponents of industry and urban growth, and funded by the likes of Chase Manhattan.
National News
