Volume 9, Number 9, March 9, 1982
Departments
Interview
by Richard Freeman
Peter Kenen of the JMF’s advisory body, the Group of 30.
Report from Bonn
by George Gregory and Rainer Apel
Recovery for West Germany?
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
Watt retreating into the wilderness?
Africa Report
by Douglas DeGroot
Pope on trail of organized crime?
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
Assad besieged.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
The “greening” of the PRI.
Correspondence
From former U.S. Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti’s attorney.
Congressional Closeup
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Editorial
Reshuffling the China Card.
Economics
The Traps Ahead for the U.S. Credit Markets
by Richard Freeman
Predictions of a spring crisis must be taken seriously.
Europe Deciding That Schmidt Is Right?
by Laurent Murawiec
A report from European Economics Editor Laurent Murawiec.
A Third World Bind
by Peter Rush
Anglo-American banks say they can’t afford to refinance debt.
Currency Rates
Japanese Steel Firms: Investing Less and Producing More than U.S.
by Leif Johnson
And raising wages.
U.S. Steel: A Profile
Swiss Banking Secrecy and the Tome Inquiry
by Renée Sigerson
Banking
by Kathy Burdman
The free-market final solution.
World Trade
by Mark Sonnenblick
Agriculture
by Susan B. Cohen
Continental Grain Company on trial.
Business Briefs
Special Report
Wharton and the IMF Plan To Give Mexico the Iran Treatment
by Dennis Small
The February peso devaluation.
Mexico’s Current Financial Situation: New Dangers and Potential Solutions
by David Goldman
President López Portillo Addresses Army on Peso
Mexico’s Economic Adjustment Program
Monterrey Group Digs Its Own Grave?
by Peter Ennis
Refugee Influx Adds to Mexico’s Problem
by Timothy Rush
Probe International: The Spooks Who Launched the Devaluation Campaign
by Timothy Rush
Wharton School’s Operatives Say Mexico Must Halt Development
by Kathy Burdman
Documentation: Interviews with Russell Ackoff and Nobel Laureate Lawrence Klein.
International
EIR Conference Bursts Intelligence Myths
by Donald Baier
At our two-day seminar in Washington, D.C., on the emerging strategic balance, the speakers stressed that the Soviet bloc is not falling apart, quite the contrary; and stubborn pursuit of misguided U.S. policies will ensure economic and military defeat.
Egypt Rallied for Economic Growth
by Judith Wyer
President Mubarak has shaken up the economic cabinet and challenged the neo-colonial Open Door manipulators.
International Intelligence
National
Italian Press Links Abscam to Mafia and Red Brigades
by Linda de Hoyos
The Justice Department’s Abscam prosecutor, Thomas Puccio, and the FBI are widely accused of heroin and terrorist dealings, respectively.
Documentation: Articles from La Repubblica press service and the daily Paese Sera, plus a statement from the Abscammed Senator, Harrison Williams.
The Club of Rome Complains that LaRouche Intends To Destroy It
Documentation: A memorandum from the legal counsel to the Club of Rome, and EIR Founder LaRouche’s reply.
NDPC Session in Washington Challenges Americans To Regain Control of Policy
by Mary McCourt
The National Democratic Policy Committee’s Feb. 19 discussion of how to deal with Volcker and associated entities.
NDPC Chapters at a New Take-Off Point
by Mary McCourt and David Wolinsky
National News
