Taxation trauma
At this time of the year many small and large businesses are assembling their financial year results and setting out their plans for … More
Ron Manners
1:30 pm - August 4th, 2017
Happy birthday, Dr Friedman
If you know anything about free market economics you'll have heard of Milton Friedman. To celebrate what would have been his 105th birthday, … More
Ron Manners
8:11 am - July 31st, 2017
The long business journey
This is an abridged excerpt from Heroic Misadventures where I discuss my interaction with one of my economic role models, Leonard E. Read. … More
Ron Manners
3:45 pm - July 25th, 2017
Banksia Springs, Dwellingup
Ron wrote this poem as a birthday gift for his good mate Geoff Bell. Geoff runs Banksia Springs Cottages in Dwellingup, a country getaway … More
Ron Manners
11:02 am - July 24th, 2017
Australian Native Title Act…this may surprise you!
To anyone who assumed that the Native Title Act was designed to ‘assist our Aboriginals’, think again. Like most legislation there was much going … More
Ron Manners
4:54 pm - July 18th, 2017
Property rights are not alright!
“The right to acquire property is enumerated in many, if not all, of the State constitutions as one of the natural, inherent rights … More
Ron Manners
3:29 pm - July 4th, 2017
Three things would solve Western Australia’s GST problem
That’s all it takes: three things! Leadership Courage Decisiveness We were not surprised to read, yet again, that Canberra and the other states … More
Ron Manners
6:54 pm - June 29th, 2017
How I found freedom in an unfree world
Ron's Mannerism for May 2017 where he discusses freedom and his friend, joyous libertarian Harry Browne. One major problem confronting the world is … More
Ron Manners
2:34 pm - May 29th, 2017
Leading lights: Where mining needs to lift its game
This article was first published in the 2015 edition of WA Mining Club‘s Minesite, an annual collection of the club’s activities as well as those of … More
Ron Manners
2:16 pm - May 6th, 2017
Goodbye funds, farewell people
This article was first published in the 2011 edition of WA Mining Club's Minesite, an annual collection of the club's activities as well as those … More
Mannwest Admin
1:38 pm - May 2nd, 2017