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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Manipulated Students Strike – Where are our leaders?
9 April 2019 • Ron Manners AO
When carefully orchestrated students, all around the world, simultaneously utter the same nonsensical platitudes about the sponsored climate crisis, one can only ask, …
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#13 – Rule for Life: ‘Take every job seriously’
1 March 2019 • Ron Manners AO
Last week Jenny and I enjoyed Dr Jordan Peterson’s ‘12 Rules for Life’ visit to Perth. Thinking later I wondered what rule I …
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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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The absurdity of Australia’s submarine frolic?
15 January 2019 • Ron Manners AO
The absurdity is becoming obvious to all of us (at least to those who can read). The inertia of our response and lack …
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Peter Thiel: The articulate libertarian
17 September 2018 • Ron Manners AO
The Mont Pelerin Society is fortunate to have Peter Thiel speaking at this year’s General Meeting in Gran Canaria, Spain. Known as the articulate …
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Let Public Choice Theory solve political puzzles
1 May 2018 • Ron Manners AO
The good news is that an accredited Public Choice Theory course will be available from The University of Notre Dame Australia in Fremantle …
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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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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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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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