Bargain-Basement Combat?

July, 1977

In what Ways is our economy vulnerable? Could a foreign government come into our commodities markets and buy up all of our soybeans, for example? Is it that bad? The answer is: Not quite. But there are some very concerned people in the commodities business and in Washington. They see the possibility of price manipulation, deliberate inflation--economic warfare, in other words--if the foreign governments investing in our markets are not better controlled and monitored."These countries don't...