Volume 8, Number 44, November 10, 1981
Departments
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
The “Greenies” and who controls them.
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
A Kremlin pact with Carrington.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
Unity of the left shatters.
Interview
by Harley Schlanger
Gov. William Clements of Texas.
Congressional Closeup
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Eye on Washington
Economics
BIS Circles Look to the End of the Dollar Era
by David Goldman
The “Third Force” currency-bloc options floated at the University of Louvain.
Currency Rates
U.S. Wages Driving Production Abroad?
by Richard Freeman
Emphatically not the issue, concludes this report on the auto sector.
‘If You Can’t Sell Cars, Sell Labor the Plant’
by Leif Johnson
A GM pilot project.
German Industry in a Policy Debate
by George Gregory
The DIHT conference.
World Trade
by Mark Sonnenblick
Banking
by Kathy Burdman
Free zones to cut world lending.
Gold
by Montresor
Tokyo’s new market.
Business Briefs
Special Report
How To Transform U.S. Schools: The Curriculum Question
by Carol White
Not merely the 1950s standard, but true Classical education, can be attained: the 19th-century Humboldt program is an indispensable reference.
Federal Funding’s Twisted History
by Freyda Greenberg
From an appropriate science emphasis to “the Great Society” to Stockman’s anticonstitutional cuts.
Documentation: A legislative proposal and a revealing interview on the proposed voucher system of privatizing American education.
Urban Education: The Economics of Philadelphia’s School Crisis
by Stephen Parsons
A case study on the source of funds, their allocation, and the myth of overpaid teachers and administrators.
International
Japan and Mexico Pose ‘American System’ Policy
by Peter Ennis
Peter Ennis’s first-hand report from Cancún.
Developing Nations Mount a Challenge to IMF Austerity
Documentation: Excerpts from the summit statement and speeches by Mexico, Japan, the U.S., the Philippines, Brazil, and Yugoslavia.
The Alexandrians Take Over Greece
by Criton Zoakos
Subversives and Khomeniacs Convene at Houston’s Rothko Chapel Meeting
by Nancy Coker
Mitterrand Government Announces a Reign of Terror
by Dana Sloan
International Intelligence
National
After AWACS, Further Victories For Sanity?
by Richard Cohen
The White House, and the anti-Volcker Democrats, got together for a good purpose. In order to reverse the recession, bipartisan action is urgent to take policy away from the Fed.
The Economy of Texas and the Future of the Sunbelt
by David Goldman
The Southwest is not immune to the ill effects of national deindustrialization.
Texas and the Surge in U.S.-Mexico Trade
by Timothy Rush
An overview prepared especially for the Lyceum Conference in Houston.
Haig Pushes For a ‘Write-Off’ Policy
by Lonnie Wolfe
The curly-tongued General is adopting Maxwell Taylor’s approach to Third World depopulation.
The Weathermen and Mr. Civiletti
by Donald Baier
Why the investigations were dropped.
National News
