Executive Intelligence Review, Volume 13, Number 45, November
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LaRouche: Don Regan defeated Republicans Drug traffickers go for coup in Mexico 84-year-old fights for America's elderly California Proposition 64 has shaken the world �� � A.LD.S. -THE KOCH"CUOMO POXI �ITillQuarterly Economic Report How can financial collapse be avoided? Second and Third Quarters 1986 In its last Quarterly Economic Report, EIR predicted a 15-25% further decline in the productive capabilities of the U.S. economy. That is precisely what happened between March and September of this year-before the worst, most monstrous implications of the Gramm-Rudman and related tax reform measures go into effect.· Such events force one to ask: Is the pro-Russian majority in Congress not only committed to selling out U.S. defense interests, but also to collapsing the U.S. internal economy, and international monetary and financial system? Are the industrialized nations prepared to continue policies which will lead to their own suicide? Did you know that. .. • The world financial system is more than ripe • 600,000 troops, including 350,000 active d!,Jty for collapse, probably before November, and the troops, will be eliminated if Gramm-Rudman II is principal fuel for such developments is the narcotics implemented during the course of the fiscal year trade-dependent growth of that banking category which begins Oct. 1. known as "off-balance-sheet liabilities"-dwarfing • A further, minimal 7% decline in capital and other categories of indebtedness. durable goods production capabilities will occur in the months ahead, due simply to reduced defense procurement, if Gramm-Rudman II is implemented. Since the fall of 1979, Lyndon LaRouche's forecasts have established a record unparalleled in accuracy by any other economic forecasting service in the nation. Data Resources International and Chase Econometrics . proved unable, in the fall of 1979, to correctly forecast the consequences of the credit policy then being initiated " by the Federal Reserve under Paul Volcker. LaRouche did, in the EIR Quarterly Economic Report. Those agen cies, and their co-thinkers, have been repeatedly exposed as incompetent bunglers, while the LaRouche record . is one of consistent accuracy. Full year subscription: $1,000 Double issue (second and third quarters 1986): $500 Order from: EIR News Service P.O. Box 17390, Washington, D.C. 20041-0390 Founder and Contributing Editor: Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr: Editor-in-chief: Criton Zoakos Editor: Nora Hamerman Managing Editors: Vin Berg and Susan Welsh Contributing Editors: Uwe Parpart-Henke, From the Editor Nancy Spannaus, Webster Tarpley, Christopher White, Warren Hamerman, William Wertz, Gerald Rose, Mel Klenetsky, Antony Papert, Allen Salisbury Science and Technology: Carol White Special Services: Richard Freeman Advertising Director: Joseph Cohen Director of Press Services: Christina Huth N early one of three Calfornia voters-about 2 million people INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORS: Africa: Douglas DeGroot, Mary Lalevee voted on Nov. 4 in favor of Proposition 64, which proposed appli Agriculture: Marcia Merry cation of classi.cal public-health measures to the AIDS pandemic. Asia: Linda de Hoyos Counterintelligence: Jeffrey Steinberg, They did so despite the fact that the initiative's most famous endor Paul Goldstein, Don Tracy ser, presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche, was targeted by the Economics: David Goldman European Economics: William Engdahl, most lavishly financed, massive campaign of mudslinging hurled Laurent Murawiec against any political figure in recent U. S. history. Europe: Vivian Freyre Zoakos Ibero-America: Robyn Quijano, Dennis Small Now, in developments that are breaking too fast to keep up with Law: Edward Spannaus here, the United Kingdom is in an uproar debating exactly the k_s Medicine: John Grauerholz, M.D. Middle East: Thierry Lalevee of steps proposed in Proposition 64. An emergency parliameiltary Soviet Union and Eastern Europe: investigation has been launched there, and the entire spectrum of the Rachel Douglas, Konstantin George Special Projects: Mark Burdman English media, of all political persuasions, has come out demanding United States: Kathleen Klenetsky some kind of emergency measures against AIDS. INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS: The street-level of opposition to Prop 64 was made up of the so Bangkok: Pakdee and Sophie Tanapura Bogota: Javier Almario called Gay Lobby, a minority of homosexuals manipulated by the Bonn: George Gregory, Rainer Apel gamemasters of the "Aquarian Conspiracy" to demand to die rather Chicago: Paul Greenberg Copenhagen: Poul Rasmussen than give up their lifestyle. The higher level consists of the Eastern Houston: Harley Schlanger Liberal Establishment bankers, who maintain that a crash program Lima: Sara Madueno Los Angeles: Theodore Andromidas to stop AIDS, like the SDI, is "too costly." Mexico City: Josefina Menendez What insanity. If it's too costly to protect the population from Milan: Marco Fanini New Delhi: Susan Maitra such mortal threats, something is hideously wrong with the economic Paris: Christine Bierre approach. Rio de Janeiro: Silvia Palacios Rome: Leonardo Servadio, Stefania Sacchi We invite readers to compare our economics coverage to that of Stockholm: William Jones the other print media. First of all, EIR is not covering up the prob United Nations: Douglas DeGroot Washington, D.C.: Nicholas F. Benton, lems, or swallowing the government's doctored statistics to show Susan Kokinda the "recovery." Second, we are totally committed to revitalizing the Wiesbaden: Philip Golub, Goran Haglund productive economy, on the most advanced basis; lest we descend EIRIExecutive Intelligence Review (ISSN 0273�314) is published weekly (50 issues) except for the second week into an ecological holocaust in which AIDS may be only the first ofJuly and first week of January by New Solidarity International Press Service 16/2 K St. N. W., Suite 300, deadly pandemic. The concrete specifics on how to do this are in Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 955-5930 cluded every week in EIR's "Operation Juarez" section and "Science Distributed by Caucus Di.'tributors, Inc. B....... HtlldqlUll'krs: Execulive IDlelligence Review & Technology" articles, which deal with the reorganization of the Nac:hrichtenagentur GmbH, Poslfach 2308, Dotzheimerstrasse 166,0-6200 Wiesbaden, Federal Republic . world economy and monetary system, on the one hand, and the of Germany Tel: (06121) 8840. Execulive Direclors: Anno Hellenbroich, frontiers of technology on the other. Michael Liebig If EIR's proposals prevail, we can overcome the present crisis, ,"IN""",,*: EIR, Haderslevgade 26, 1671 Copenhagen (01) 31-09-08 the most dangerous that has ever threatened mankind. Another pre I" Muko: EIR, Francisco mas Covarrubias 54 A-3 Colonia San Rafael, Mexico OF. Tel: 705-1295. diction: If young people have the chance of being scientists, engi J.... ,."SCriptioll silks: D.T.D. Research Corporalion, neers, and productive workers, the "Gay Lobby" will rapidly lose its Takeuchi Bldg., 1-34-12 Tokalanobaba, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160. Tel: (03) 208-7821. appeal, along with mind-altering drugs. Copyrighl «:> 1986 New Solidarily International Press Service. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part withoul permission strictly prohibited. Second-class postage paid al Washington D.C., and at an additional mailing offices. 3 rnonthI-SI2S, 6 months-S225, 1 year-$396, Single issue-.$\0 Academic libmry rale: $245 per year Postmaster: Send all address changes to E1R, P.O. Box 17390, Washington, D.C. 20041-0390. (202) 955-5930 ITillContents , .. InteIViews Departments Economics 23 Dr. John Cox 12 Africa Report 4 The Reagan recovery lies The laser physicist discusses the Zaire follows Peru, breaks with and the election disaster recent breakthroughs in food IMF. It is typical of Chief of Staff Don irradiation. Regan 's mentality that he assumed 13 Report from Rome that cranking the Dow-Jones Industrial Average back up to the 48 s. C. Birla Fight to control the "Council of 1900 level would take voters' The advocate of the Indian Ten." minds off their economic misery. Supreme Court, takes a look at Oct. 6's great raid on Leesburg , S7 From New Delhi Virginia. First in a series of 6 Currency Rates The pot boils in Pakistan. interviews with prominent figures of the International Commmission S8 Northern Flank 7 Energy Insider to Investigate Soviet-Style Human Saudi shakeup rocks the oil Rights Violations in the United A classical KGB disinformation markets. States. scheme . S9 Report from Paris 8 Agriculture 'Creative accounting' won't save France must intervene in America. farmS. 60 Andean Report 9 Labor in Focus Of bankers, debt, and drugs. Trade deficit alone not the key. 61 Report from Rio 10 Foreign Exchange AIDS crisis in Brazil. Will Japan-U .S. accord survive? 72 Editorial 11 Medicine Now, let's talk economics. A new virus, a new disease. 14 Business Briefs Science & Thchnology 22 Food irradiation is finally OperationJuarez a commercial possibility Fish that stays fresh in the 16 How many jobless are refrigerator for two or three there really in Ibero weeks, pork that is trichina free , America? strawberries that don't go bad, potatoes that don't sprout, and It is no secret that the labor force grains that don't get mealy-this of Ibero-America is inefficiently is the promise of food irradiation employed, but the magnitude of that can now be delivered. the misemployment and hidden unemployment is generally 27 Livermore announces seriously underestimated. accelerator advance .... � Volume·13Number 45, November