Volume 18, Number 44, November 15, 1991
Interviews
Masataka Nakamura
by Kathy Wolfe
The general manager of the offices of Mitsui Trust Co. in New York and a member of the Mitsui international board of directors spoke to EIR at a conference of Japanese and U.S. businessmen near Washington.
Sumihito Hirai
by Kathy Wolfe
The director of external affairs for Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in New York discusses Japanese investment strategies and the prospects for U.S.-Japanese relations.
Reviews
LaRouche Decries Cult of ‘Absolute Music’
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
A Minnesota Symphony Orchestra broadcast concert of Mozart’s Mass in C and Symphony No. 40 in G Minor.
‘Circa 1492’: What the Iberian Renaissance Gave to the Americas
by Nora Hamerman
Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration, edited by Jay A. Levenson; and Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries, introduction by Octavio Paz. Part II in a series.
Departments
Agriculture
by Suzanne Rose
USDA To Curb Food Stamp Use.
Banking
by John Hoefle
Bush Defeats His Own Bill.
Africa Report
by Jacques Cheminade
Compromise and Isolation in Algeria.
Australia Dossier
by Lydia Cherry
Uproar over Media Buyout.
Andean Report
by Valerie Rush
Venezuela Fight Centers on Dope, Inc.
Editorial
A Very Close Call.
Science & Technology
The Human Mind Is Not a Computer
by Laurence Hecht
The fundamental question is that which divides the world view of Socrates and Plato from that of Aristotle—whether human creativity exists as a force that changes the universe, and whether man can know the truth in connection with the Absolute. A report on a speech by Dino de Paoli, author of “Georg Cantor’s Contribution to the Study of Human Mind—A Refutation of Artificial Intelligence,” to a conference of the International Caucus of Labor Committees and Schiller Institute.
Appendix: On the Notion of Continuity and the Infinitesimal
by Dino de Paoli
Anti-Science Mob a Threat to Your Food
by Marjorie Mazel Hecht
Economics
The Ides of November Stalk Bush’s ‘Recovery’
by Stephen Parsons
Lowering interest rates didn’t boost “consumer confidence,” it just depressed the U.S. bond auction.
Mexicans Speak Out against NAFTA
by Cynthia R. Rush and Peter Rush
Documentation: From a speech by Manuel Villagómez Rodríguez, president of the National Federation of Micro-Industries.
Bushmen Offer Japan a Cut of the ‘New World Order’—Or Else
by Kathy Wolfe
‘Trading Blocs Are a Good Development’
by Kathy Wolfe
An interview with Masataka Nakamura.
The Debt Crisis Has Stymied Development
by Kathy Wolfe
An interview with Sumihito Hirai.
Study Team Finds One-Third of Iraqi Children Are Malnourished
Second in a series of articles excerpting from the report of the International Study Team which surveyed Iraq’s health and welfare, with a focus on the country’s children.
Currency Rates
Menem Applies ‘Savage Capitalism’
by Gerardo Terán and Cynthia R. Rush
Argentina has taken the disastrous route of “total deregulation” of the economy.
Business Briefs
Feature
IMF Holocaust Sweeps Africa: 30 Million at Risk
by Linda de Hoyos
The policy dogmas of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have failed miserably, to the point that Africa today stands on the brink of extinction.
Ghana in 1966: The Same IMF Method
by Linda de Hoyos
Disease Holocaust Afflicts Africa
by Jutta Dinkermann
The AIDS Scourge Sweeps Africa
A map and country-by-country rundown of the worst-hit areas.
Program for a True Development Decade
An excerpt from the Schiller Institute’s proposal, submitted to the U.N. General Assembly in September.
International
Winter Food Crisis Begins in Russia
by Konstantin George
When the mayor of St. Petersburg has to phone up the commander of the Navy’s Baltic Fleet to get 100,000 tons of German potatoes shipped from Hamburg to angry Russian consumers, you know there’s a problem.
Taiwan Targeted by ‘Independence’ Drive
by Michael Billington
Kohl: Recognize Croatia and Slovenia!
by Umberto Pascali
Croatian Medical HQ Appeals for Truth
An “Appeal for the Truth about the Dirty War Against the Republic of Croatia,” circulated by Dr. Milos Judas for the Staff of the Medical Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia.
Bush’s Mideast ‘Peace’ Theater
by Joseph Brewda
OAS Takes Up Human Rights for Terrorists
by Valerie Rush
Yet they refused to consider a complaint of human and civil rights violations against Lyndon LaRouche.
International Intelligence
National
Wofford Beats Thornburgh in Anti-Bush Upset Vote
by Philip Valenti
The Nov. 5 election results in Pennsylvania and several other states bore out EIR’s warnings that George Bush’s economic policies can spell his political downfall.
The Reasons Why Kissinger and His Sponsors Fear LaRouche’s Power
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Irangate Figure Gets Eastern Europe Post
by Scott Thompson
Former CIA agent Walter Raymond is running the President’s Eastern European Initiative, and he’s up to no good.
Congressional Closeup
by William Jones
National News
