--- begin forwarded text Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:21:05 -0800 to: misesmail@colossus.net from: news@mises.org subject: Leviathan Dying Sender: owner-misesmail@colossus.net Precedence: Bulk "The Future of Liberty" is the title of a feature piece in VITAL SPEECHES OF THE DAY (November 15, 1997) by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. "The leviathan state, that monster devouring civilization in this century, is in the throes of death," says Rockwell. "This is not a wish or a prediction, but a conclusion drawn from a broad look at the trends of the last decade and a half, which, if we take the right steps, can continue on into the next century. What has happened around the world--nation states collapsing, markets outwitting planners, citizens rising up against government masters--can and is happening here at home." The speech is from the 15th anniversary conference of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Rockwell--head of the Institute--explains that in our times, we are witnessing the development of something more radical and far reaching than mere "limitation of government"; the very idea of institutionalized and centralized state power is under fire. The primary catalysts for this trend are the end of the Cold War, the increasing global resentment of the U.S. imperium, and the rise of new information technologies. All that's left in their wake is the reality of Washington as a parasite, which is how government is increasingly regarded in the late nineties. Rockwell spells out the implications of this and foresees a future of liberty, conditioned on intellectuals being willing, in the tradition of Mises and Rothbard, to take the right steps in leading the way. VITAL SPEECHES is widely indexed. Also in this issue are speeches by Bill Clinton and Madeleine Albright. --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/ Ask me about FC98 in Anguilla!: http://www.fc98.ai/