Father Long’s sacred nugget
18 June 2018 • Ron Manners AO
This story is set in Kanowna, about 20km east of Kalgoorlie. It’s a ghost town these days. But in Father Long's day, when WG …
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Remembering Lang Hancock
10 June 2018 • Ron Manners AO
Lang Hancock will always be a legend and an icon of Australia. In 1963, he saved my life. I doubt he even realised. …
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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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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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The life and times of WG Manners
19 December 2017 • Ron Manners AO
There’s a name that keeps popping up on this website and throughout my books — WG Manners, my grandfather. Since today is his …
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Henry Hazlitt and the broken window
28 November 2017 • Ron Manners AO
Regarding Henry Hazlitt Born on this day on 1894, Henry Hazlitt was the original economic journalist. He wrote about economics for a bunch …
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I, Pencil: the work of Leonard E. Read
26 September 2017 • Ron Manners AO
One of the best know libertarians is Leonard E. Read. Although he's no longer with us, today is his birthday. Seems like a …
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