What would Thomas Jefferson say?
13 April 2018 • Ron Manners AO
Today's guest writer, and birthday boy, is Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826). Jefferson was the third President of the US and principal author …
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Good government needs good policies: Why not try Enterprise Zones?
9 April 2018 • Ron Manners AO
In the dying days of the Malcolm Fraser Government, MP Malcolm called his team together and asked for ideas that might win them …
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Canberra is 200 square kilometres, surrounded by reality!
7 April 2018 • Ron Manners AO
In 2011, Canberra was named as the growth driver for Australia’s economy, even outpacing Western Australia at the time. Home building, new mortgages and …
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Aussie rules and economics
3 April 2018 • Ron Manners AO
Once at an economics conference I got into a lively discussion. We compared last century to an AFL game. Split into four quarters, …
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Do you want a ‘strong’ dollar or a ‘weak’ dollar?
27 February 2018 • Ron Manners AO
Which is best? Each day we read of special interest groups demanding government policies that will deliver either a ‘strong’ or ‘weak’ dollar. They …
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Growing up on the Goldfields: Part 2
6 February 2018 • Ron Manners AO
Haven’t read part 1? Catch up here. It all begins in Kalgoorlie... Here’s one of those success stories that so often begin in …
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Reagan: A tribute to the 40th US President
6 February 2018 • Ron Manners AO
Ronald Reagan was US president from 1981-1989 and during that time he led America back to a more conservative view, one which hadn’t …
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How Ayn Rand shaped my perspective on property rights
1 February 2018 • Ron Manners AO
"The right to agree with others is not a problem in any society; it is the right to disagree that is crucial." — …
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Bettina Bien-Greaves: Emerging from Mises’ shadow
30 January 2018 • Ron Manners AO
[caption id="attachment_3515" align="alignright" width="300"] Concluding a long dinner discussion in the home of Bettina and Percy, 1982[/caption] Retiring and then passing away at …
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A series of coincidences
12 January 2018 • Ron Manners AO
A series of coincidences led me to Sonogno, Switzerland in 2002. I set off to find out more about free market economic think …
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