Executive Intelligence Review, Volume 27, Number 20, May 19, 2000
EIR Founder and Contributing Editor: Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. Editorial Board: Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr., Muriel Mirak-Weissbach, Antony Papert, Gerald From the Associate Editor Rose, Dennis Small, Edward Spannaus, Nancy Spannaus, Jeffrey Steinberg, William Wertz Associate Editors: Ronald Kokinda, Susan Welsh Managing Editor: John Sigerson here is truly a mind-boggling disparity between events surround- Science Editor: Marjorie Mazel Hecht T Special Projects: Mark Burdman ing the U.S. Presidential election campaign, and reality. I am not Book Editor: Katherine Notley generally given to citing the British press as a means to give our Photo Editor: Stuart Lewis Circulation Manager: Stanley Ezrol readers insight into the political situation, but the cover of the latest INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORS: London Economist sums it up pretty well: Two cartooned babies in Asia and Africa: Linda de Hoyos diapers, Al Gore and George W. Bush, are bauling and battling one Counterintelligence: Jeffrey Steinberg, Paul Goldstein another in the nursery, under a headline that reads, “They’re Fighting Economics: Marcia Merry Baker, over Foreign Policy!” William Engdahl History: Anton Chaitkin That is what the rest of the world sees, with amazement, when Ibero-America: Robyn Quijano, Dennis Small they look at America. People spending the money that was supposed Law: Edward Spannaus Russia and Eastern Europe: to pay the rent, in order to buy lottery tickets. Day-traders at the stock Rachel Douglas, Konstantin George market popping Prozac, so as not to get “stressed out” when the lows United States: Debra Freeman, Suzanne Rose get too low, or the highs get too high. INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS: Bogota´: Jose´ Restrepo When will the insanity stop? Bonn: George Gregory, Rainer Apel Lyndon LaRouche, in a speech published in this issue, warns Buenos Aires: Gerardo Tera´n Caracas: David Ramonet that we are entering the “terminal phase” of the financial breakdown Copenhagen: Poul Rasmussen crisis.
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