Volume 29, Number 12, March 29, 2002
`Fair Trade' As a Phase-Shift
By Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. President Bush's announcement of a new steel tariff has created an uproar internationally—but neither side of the debate really understands the fundamental issues involved. "The proper question to be asked," LaRouche writes, "is: What is the effect, from the standpoint of physical geometry, on every part of an economy, of a shift from a `free trade' to a `fair trade' policy, and vice versa?"
Economics
IMF, Quietly, Not Too Hopeful on `Recovery'
Reports from both the Fund and the Federal Reserve show a rapidly growing new debt bubble heading toward bust.
Steel Tariffs Spark Revolts from the WTO
Wall St. Wants `Korean Shock Therapy' in Japan
Smear Campaign Targets
LaRouche and Col. Seineldín in Argentina
City of London, IMF Threaten Argentina
Germans Sweat to Finish Chinese Maglev Project
China Prepares for Manned Space Flight
Germany: `An Inch' as Good as a Mile
on Embryo Research
International
The Coming War on Iraq
Will Not Be Desert Storm II
Those who are pushing for war against Iraq are ignoring the fundamental fact, that the world economic-financial situation, the political dynamic, and the psychological condition of the peoples involved, is completely different from what it was 12 years ago.
Will `Teflon Tony' Go Before Iraq War Begins?
Will Queen Liz's `Jubilee'
Be Endgame for Windsors?
Cheminade Targetted in French Election Crisis
Colombian Voters Throw Over Narco-Capitulators
Sri Lanka: Tamil Tigers, Colombo
Search For Peace
History
War Breaks Out Again Over
Troy, and the Truth of History
Germany's University of Tübingen was the scene of a heated debate between the team of archeologists excavating the ruins of ancient Troy, and others who dispute their findings. As in the many scholarly battles over Troy for hundreds of years, the eternal works of the poet Homer are at the center of the controversy.
With New Methods, Troy Is
Being Taught To Speak
An interview with Dr. Manfred Korfmann.
National
Administration Makes First Moves
Against Israeli Spies
The Bush Administration is closing some of the most egregious loopholes, that have facilitated Israeli penetration of American national security institutions at the highest levels.
States Facing Budget Blowouts Move
To Dismantle Medicaid, Medicare Protection
Spannaus To Virginia: End `Reign of Error'
D.C. General Land-Grab Insults the City
and the Founding Fathers
Congressional Closeup
Interviews
Dr. Manfred Korfmann
Professor of Archeology at the University of Tübingen, Germany, Dr. Korfmann heads an international team that is excavating the ruins of ancient Troy. He is the scientific director of the exhibition "Troy: Dream and Reality," which has drawn hundreds of thousands of visitors and the attention of all Germany.
Departments
Editorial
Again, the "Grasso Abrazo."