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Leonard Read’s 1978 seminar for his Australian friends

7 September 1978  •  Ron Manners AO

Ron's audio recording: [audio mp3="https://www.www.mannwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Leonard-E.-Read-1978-BREAKFAST-SEMINAR-FOR-HIS-aUSTRALIAN-FRIENDS.mp3"][/audio] Transcript: [Ron's intro, louder than Read's speech:] I'm in Hong Kong on Thursday, September 7th. It's Leonard Read …

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Murray Rothbard speech on libertarianism in 1978 USA

7 September 1978  •  Ron Manners AO

Rothbard's speech at the 1st International Libertarian Conference in Hong Kong, September 7, 1978. Recorded by Ron Manners. [audio mp3="https://www.www.mannwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Murray-Rothbard-September-7-1978-1sr-international-libertarian-conference.mp3"][/audio] I'm going to …

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Viv Forbes on Libertarian Strategy

7 September 1978  •  Ron Manners AO

Viv Forbes, "The Libertarian Movement in Australia," a five minute address to a special meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society in Hong Kong, …

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Weak Executives Mean Strong Bureaucracies

10 August 1978  •  Ron Manners AO

[Here is the text of a speech by Lang Hancock from Ron Manners' archives, dated August 10, 1978. A hand-written note says the …

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Lang Hancock on improving Japan-Australia relationship

18 April 1978  •  Ron Manners AO

HOLD UNTIL 2.00 PM E.S.T. APRIL, 18, 1978 Improving Japan-Australia relationship It was claimed by officialdom that Australia would probably be importing iron …

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Dr Peter Richardson MP leaves Liberals for Progress Party

14 October 1977  •  Ron Manners AO

Transcript of document printed on the letterhead of Dr Peter Richardson, Federal Member for Tangney, dated October 14, 1977. The Elector The Electorate …

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Ron Manners: Tax Rebel from the West (1977)

17 July 1977  •  Ron Manners AO

Audio: [audio mp3="https://www.www.mannwest.com/wp-content/uploads/1977/07/Ron-Manners-1977-Tax-Rebel-From-the-West.mp3"][/audio] Transcript: I'm sure everybody is going be very interested, because Ron doesn't really believe in governments, from what I gather. …

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Adman John loves to be hated but he’s no slob

17 July 1977  • 

Tricia Duffield, "Adman John loves to be hated but he's no slob," Sunday Independent, July 17, 1977, pp. 6-7. And now I'd like …

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Kalgoorlie (and Australia) Lookin’ Good, Feelin’ Awful

8 June 1977  •  Ron Manners AO

Seminar Background Paper by Ron Manners President, Kalgoorlie Chamber of Commerce June 8 1977 Introductory comment from Ron, December 1, 2015: Although written …

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1976 Hayek Australian TV interview on freedom, the marketplace, the individual and the state

11 October 1976  •  Ron Manners AO

Audio: [audio mp3="https://www.www.mannwest.com/wp-content/uploads/1976/10/Hayek-1976-Monday-Conference.mp3"][/audio] Transcript: PROFESSOR FRIEDRICH HAYEK: Nobel Prize winner in Economics in 1974 ROBERT MOORE, ABC: Executive Producer and Programme Anchorman AND …

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