Who Benefits While You Pay?
6 August 2019 • Ron Manners
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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Earlier governments made mistakes too
4 July 2019 • Ron Manners
Much attention is focused on the current catalogue of defective policy decisions by Australia’s Federal Government. July 4 marks the 21st anniversary of the …
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Public Choice Theory explains how Western values are being eroded
6 June 2019 • Ron Manners
Being an optimist, I am enjoying the many signs of “sprouting concern” about the destructive influence of the “long march” through our institutions …
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Business working with academia
9 May 2019 • Ron Manners
(From my comments to a Vice Chancellor's lunch in Perth, March 7 2019) "Today, our Mannkal Foundation’s team values greatly this opportunity to …
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Sir Arvi Parbo, AC – RIP
1 May 2019 • Ron Manners
The world mourns the death of a mining legend. Sir Arvi died peacefully, at his home in Melbourne, today at the age of …
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Killing and Stealing: Government Specialties
18 April 2019 • Ron Manners
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
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
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
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
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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