Volume 8, Number 8, February 24, 1981
Departments
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
Haig bullies Europe on RDF.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
The talk of Hermosillo.
Capitol Hill Closeup
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
A Canadian blueprint for disaster.
Economics
The Stakes in the Fight over Eximbank
by David Goldman
U.S. allies and competitors thought the Carter funding level was silly. OMB’s Stockman wants less.
Why West Germany Clinched the Soviet Natural Gas Deal
by George Gregory
Our Bonn bureau chief reports that they don’t believe in “dependency” cries, and describes how the talks moved ahead.
Where To Cut–Where Not To Cut
by Richard Freeman
An overview of the U.S. budget debate.
Foreign Exchange
by David Goldman
No German break from the EMS.
International Credit
by Renée Sigerson
Let them have Hong Kongs.
Gold
by Montresor
An EMS link for the dollar?
World Trade
by Mark Sonnenblick
Banking
by Kathy Burdman
Behind the thrifts’ profit squeeze.
Currency Rates
Business Briefs
Special Report
Europe’s offer to the White House
by Robyn Quijano
The interest-rate disarmament conference’ proposal from Bonn’s Foreign Ministry is part of a larger economic development offensive, explains EIR’s associate editor.
Documentation: The full text of the Feb. 6 Franco-German summit communiqué, and excerpts from three interviews with leading European bankers.
The European Monetary Fund Is Indispensable
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
By the man who helped create Phase One of the EMS.
How Alexander Haig Plans To Undercut Euro-American Entente
by Vivian Zoakos
The Motives for Europe’s Opposition to Volcker
by David Goldman
‘Italy Must Save Her Vital Steel Capacity’
by Dr. Giuseppe Filipponi
Interview with G. Vecchietti, director of the Industrie Siderurgiche Associate (ISA).
International
The Choices for Reagan in the Persian Gulf
by Robert Dreyfuss
The potential for stabilizing Iran.
Documentation: And the counter-potential for overthrowing Iraq’s Sadam Hussein and cutting off oil flows once more.
Gaullist Leader Michel Debré Demands a Strong America
by Garance Upham Phau
In an exclusive interview, the former Prime Minister states that a new monetary system can end unemployment and inflation.
Prime Minister Suzuki Mounts Diplomatic Effort for World Bank
by Ramtanu Maitra
A report on the ASEAN tour.
‘Peking Is Lying’
U.S.-Korea Summit Bears Economic Fruit
by Richard Katz
Colombia: Energy Austerity Undermines High Investment Potential
by Carlos Cota Mesa and Valerie Rush
Documentation: The advent of another Friedmanite finance czar.
Wiesner Duran Challenged by Bogotá Industrialist
Will Colombia’s CP Turn Terrorist?
by Valerie Rush
International Intelligence
National
Haig Sponsors Carter’s Global 2000 Plan
by Lonnie Wolfe
A dossier on the State Department officials, think tankers, congressmen, and bankers who plan to wipe out billions of human beings.
The Danger of U.S. Fusion Budget Cuts
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
And how they relate to the Federal Reserve fight.
Congressman Demands Control over Paul Volcker
NASA’s Future under Reagan
by Marsha Freeman
The budget question and the spinoff potential.
Documentation: An exclusive interview with Rep. Donald Fuqua, chairman of the House Science and Technology Committee.
Thurman Demands a Democratic Revival
by Anita Gallagher
Part Two of an exclusive interview with the new chairman of the Association of Democratic State Chairs.
‘Reagangate’ Gambits Multiply
by Scott Thompson
National News
