Volume 15, Number 41, October 14, 1988
Interviews
Anwar Ibrahim
The Education Minister of Malaysia, considered by many to be first in line to succeed to the premiership.
Science & Technology
Air-Breathing Propulsion for Transatmospheric Flight
by Antonio Pasini
Aerospace specialist Antonio Pasini reports the findings of a Rome symposium that posed a pathway for independent European development of the hypersonic airplane.
A Fully Reusable Space Plane
Departments
Report from Rio
by Silvia Palacios
Soviet Military Aid: An Illusion.
Andean Report
by Valerie Rush
“Tet Offensive” Threatens Colombia.
Dateline Mexico
by Hugo López Ochoa
The Cárdenas Movement Won’t Go Away.
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Strauss Death Leaves Political Vacuum.
Editorial
Food for Thought.
Economics
The Thrift Insanity Sets Up Taxpayers
by Christopher White
The means by which savings bank reorganizations have been accomplished, packaging unsecured liabilities and near worthless assets of weaker banks to dilute the assets of stronger banks, help ensure that the crisis will simply go out of control.
USDA Maps Out ‘Farm Subsidy’ Cuts
by Robert Baker
Currency Rates
Debt Bomb Ticks for Mexico’s Salinas
by Carlos Cota Meza
Free-Trade Financiers Unleash Assault on Argentine Industry
by Cynthia R. Rush
If You’re Anti-Food, Vote Bush or Dukakis
by Marcia Merry
Agriculture
by Patricia Salisbury
Cutbacks in Food to the Poor Begin.
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
New Oil Shock Could Be Severe.
Business Briefs
Feature
One Year after the Crash: This Is Not a Recovery
by Joyce Fredman
The next Administration will have economic chaos foisted upon it, and unless there is a dramatic change in policy emanating from the White House, the fragile world financial system is doomed, along with the world’s citizens.
Wall Street: When the Magic of the Marketplace Dies
by Joyce Fredman
U.S. banks—They Only Look Safe When Compared to the Thrifts
by Joyce Fredman
Dollar Remains the Weak Link
by Christopher White
International
Moscow Aims toward the Balkan Flank
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Makes clear why most reports so far received mis-diagnose the dynamic within the Soviet leadership.
‘Andropov’s Kindergarten’
by Konstantin George
Poland’s New Leader Rakowski: Perestroika Means Bloodshed
by Irene Beaudry and Luba George
Sectarian Clashes Threaten Civil War in Pakistan
by Ramtanu Maitra
‘To Promote Equity in Malaysia, We Are Promoting Growth’
Interview with Malaysian Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Moscow’s Pacific Network: A Dossier
Part 2 of a series on foreign support of the New People’s Army in the Philippines, by our Investigative Team.
Ceauşescu’s Crimes Affect Us All
by Antal Dorati
A guest commentary by world-renowned orchestral director Antal Dorati.
Philharmonia Hungarica Wins Funds—For Now
Amb. Walters Caught with His Pants Down
by Carlos Wesley
International Intelligence
National
Dukakis Machine Prepares Vote Fraud; Bush Losing Grip
by Herbert Quinde and Stephen Parsons
With less than four weeks go, the Bush campaign’s actions have led some analysts to speculate that the Republicans are “throwing the election.”
Congressional Hearings Showcase Schmoke’s Drug Legalization Drive
by Patricia Salisbury
LaRouche Addresses U.S. on Food Crisis
by Ronald Kokinda
The independent presidential candidate returned to the airwaves with a program to dramatically increase food production.
LaRouche Candidates: Running for America’s Future
by Mel Klenetsky
Congressional Closeup
by William Jones
National News
