Volume 9, Number 13, April 6, 1982
Departments
Interview
by Dennis Small
Carlos Andrés Perez, former President of Venezuela.
Report from Bonn
by George Gregory and Rainer Apel
Electoral setback for Schmidt.
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
Whither Israel?
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
Changes in the economic cabinet.
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
Volcker ends the drilling boom.
Congressional Closeup
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Editorial
Why give Mr. Volcker anything?
Economics
Crisis for West Germany by the End of 1982?
by David Goldman
Economics Editor David Goldman reports from Wiesbaden on the pitfalls for exports and banking.
Robert McNamara Makes Population Reduction the Criterion for Economic Policy
by Kathy Burdman
With special attention to Mexico, Africa, and the United States, and special applause for Paul Volcker.
Dollar Drop Will End Import Boom
by Peter Rush
America’s shocking dependence on foreign capital goods and other manufactures could give way to an inability to buy them at all.
Foreign Exchange
by David Goldman
The French franc and the EMS.
Corporate Strategy
by Leif Johnson
Joining the Davignon Plan.
Trade Review
by Mark Sonnenblick
Agriculture
by Susan Brady
The “user fee” caper, Part II.
Currency Rates
Business Briefs
Special Report
Sicilian Separatist Plot Aided by Libya and Peace Movement
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. on “Operation Nightmare,” a release circulated in summary throughout the Italian government by the Anipe press service.
What Col. Qaddafi Did in Austria
by Paolo Raimondi
Socialist International Bruno Kreisky sponsored his emergence as a public godfather of the anti-war movement.
‘Operation Nightmare’ and Its Instigators Within Italy
by Vivian Zoakos
And the acknowledgement by British intelligence circles that the plan is live.
Euro-Leadership Invades U.S. Cities
by Lonnie Wolfe
“Peace” spokesmen on tour.
International
A Call For Creating the Club of Life
by Helga Zepp-LaRouche
Colombia: The Real Winners in the March Elections
by Cynthia Rush
An in-depth report on Colombia by Cynthia Rush, who has just returned from Bogotá.
The Arab Thought Forum
by Mark Burdman
A new creation of the Club of Rome.
Japan’s Foreign Policy at the Crossroads
by Daniel Sneider
Daniel Sneider reports on his discussions with senior statesmen in Tokyo.
Will Haig and Volcker Force Tokyo into an Independent Approach?
by Daniel Sneider
Background on Japan’s recognition that it can no longer automatically defer to Washington’s definition of its international role.
International Intelligence
National
Behind the Pressure for a ‘Budget Compromise’
by Richard Cohen
The Bank for International Settlements’ goal is to undercut both the White House and Congress as national leaders in a crisis.
Infrastructure Investment: The Key to U.S. Productivity
by Steven Bardwell
An examination of past decades’ proof that—as though the economy were a single large factory—infrastructure is decisive in determining the acceleration or disintegration of production.
The LaRouche Model Charts a Path for Industrial Growth
by Sylvia Barkley
The LaRouche-Riemann econometric projection of what would happen if the United States returned to large-scale infrastructure investment.
NAWAPA Could Revive the Economy
by Sylvia Barkley
The scope of employment and production made feasible by the North American Water and Power Alliance proposal.
National News
