Volume 23, Number 2, January 5, 1996
Departments
Editorial
1996: What the New Year May Bring.
Economics
Bankers Report Hyperbolic Growth Rate of Derivatives
by John Hoefle
The latest survey by the Bank for International Settlements in Switzerland shows that combined derivatives and foreign exchange turnover, worldwide, has reached an astonishing $775 trillion a year.
Ukraine’s Opposition Has an Economic Program To Avert National Catastrophe
by Natalya Vitrenko
By a member of Ukraine’s parliament, and of its Committee on Economics.
Speculators Blow Out Chile’s Pension Fund
by Dennis Small and Cynthia R. Rush
Maastricht: British Geopolitics To Destroy the Nation-State
by William Engdahl
Policy Blunders Wipe Out Industry of Eastern Germany Almost Overnight
by Lothar Komp
Currency Rates
The Relationship between Morality and Economics in Illegal Financial Flows
by Judge Carlo Palermo
An Italian judge portrays the transnational, high-tech face of organized crime since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Business Briefs
Feature
The Economics of Social Justice for the Palestinians
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
In the complex unfolding of the Middle East peace process, the most intricate and painful problem to be solved is that of the Palestinian refugees.
Toward the Return of the Refugees of 1948
by Hon. Salih Shaawateh
The author is a member of the Jordanian Parliament.
The Oasis Plan: Man-Made Rivers and Growth Corridors To Span the Deserts
by Marcia Merry Baker
Mideast Development Efforts Fall Short of LaRouche’s Oasis Plan
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
LaRouche Program Debated in Amman, Barcelona
Arrest of Laith Shubeilat Places Jordanian Democracy in Jeopardy
by Hussein al-Nadeem
Documentation: Rima Shubeilat Appeals for Her Husband’s Release.
Who Is Laith Shubeilat?
International
Samuel Ruiz Is an Agent of the British Monarchy
by Gretchen Small
A new Interfaith Peace Council, founded at Windsor Castle Nov. 27-30, 1995, confirms EIR’s charge that the narco-terrorist Zapatista insurgency in Chiapas is an operation directed by the British monarchy as a test case for separatist wars.
U.S. Demands Serious Narco-Corruption Probe in Colombia
by Andrea Olivieri
Israel-Syria Peace Talks Move Ahead
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Psychiatry in Russia Today
by Gabriele Liebig
Reports on her tour of Psychiatric Clinic No. 3 in St. Petersburg.
International Intelligence
National
Gingrich Holds Government Hostage, as Backlash Grows
by William Jones and Susan Welsh
The showdown on Capitol Hill is stretching into the New Year, as 30 freshman congressmen blocked a continuing resolution that would have kept the government open. Around the country, organized opposition to Newt Gingrich’s fascism is growing.
RTC Report Exonerates Clintons in Whitewater
by Edward Spannaus
Senate Ruby Ridge Report Whitewashes U.S. Department of Justice
by Edward Spannaus
John Cardinal O’Connor Speaks on Health Care
by John Cardinal O’Connor
His speech to the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner last October in New York.
Drug Pushers Petition Washington To Narcotize Children with Ritalin
by Dana S. Scanlon
Black Lawmakers Call for Probe of DOJ Misconduct
The National Black Caucus of State Legislators adopted the resolution at their Annual Legislative Conference.
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
National News
