Mises in Time

April 12, 2005 4:58 PM by Ilana Mercer

This Time Magazine Europe article on the WTO mentions my article for the Mises Institute, but it is slightly misleading: we don't want the WTO to be more effective; we would like to see it abolished and replaced with real free trade.

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My Letter to President Harter on behalf of Hoppe

February 6, 2005 7:26 PM by Ilana Mercer

Dear President Carol C. Harter,

Universities are supposed to contribute to the development of character in their young charges. All too often they prefer to breed spineless, spoilt youngsters, forever poised to receive offence and ever eager to deploy Soviet-style procedures to destroy careers and reputations.

The complaining student was offended by Prof. H. Hoppe’s comments about the connection between broad group characteristics and life styles and time preference. For his own sake, make the student apologize for his snide tactics and teach him to debate, not defame.

Respectfully,
Ilana Mercer

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Democratic Despotism

September 16, 2004 7:09 AM by Ilana Mercer

The road to serfdom—-in both Norway and America—-is no coincidental detour, writes Ilana Mercer, but rather a well-charted destiny. As Hans-Hermann Hoppe has observed, the failure of democracy is rooted in its very nature. Coercive majoritarianism, nominal ownership of property, a highly centralized and authoritarian state with ever-expanding distributive and other powers, over whose decisions "The People" exert little control-—these have inevitable consequences. Full article

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