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Revitalising Australia: How a “7D” Tax Code Could Spark Economic Growth and Job Creation

4 April 2023  •  Mannwest Admin

The below "Guest Mannerism" is written by Mannkal's Chairman Designate Mac Nichols. In 1948 The West German Finance Minister, Ludwig Erhard instituted "7D" …

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Are you being “mugged”?

9 September 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

We have had many challenges to face in 2020. Which to tackle first? Without the traditional wisdom of a reliable business or political …

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Ron Manners plays the long game

23 February 2020  •  Mannwest Admin

This review of Ron Manners' The Lonely Libertarian was written by Benjamin Marks, and was originally published on his website Economics.org.au. Buy your …

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Canberra’s Grasping Predators

29 November 2019  •  Ron Manners AO

On September 13, 1981 the Sunday Independent newspaper published an open letter from myself to then Federal Treasurer John Howard. My remarks were …

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Bureaucracy v Public: an open letter to the Consumer Affairs Bureau 1976

27 November 2019  •  Ron Manners AO

In the days of Perth's Sunday Independent, a good letter to the editor was not only published, but also served as inspiration for …

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Why another book?

11 September 2019  •  Ron Manners AO

Anthony Cappello (Connor Court Publishing) suggested I write a book about myself. My immediate response was, “I’ve already done that, and it’s called …

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Who Benefits While You Pay?

6 August 2019  •  Ron Manners AO

When any orthodox economist from the Democratic Land of Oz talks of policies designed in the ‘public interest’ or the ‘national interest’, I …

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Killing and Stealing: Government Specialties

18 April 2019  •  Ron Manners AO

Part 1 Over the centuries, governments have only excelled at two things. Killing (mainly by declaring wars) and stealing (mainly by taxation and …

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Taxation: How times have changed

4 February 2019  •  Ron Manners AO

When sorting through some old files, in preparation for my forthcoming (sixth) book, I came across some notes from a visit to London …

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Buckets of money at Nugan Hand

11 June 2018  •  Ron Manners AO

This is an excerpt from my book, Heroic Misadventures. Read the full story here by downloading the free ebook. My brief career in banking …

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