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Ron Manners AO

Why another book?

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...

Who Benefits While You Pay?

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

Earlier governments made mistakes too

Much attention is focused on the current catalogue of defective policy decisions by Australia’s Federal Government. July 4 marks the 21st anniversary of...

Public Choice Theory explains how Western values are being eroded

Being an optimist, I am enjoying the many signs of “sprouting concern” about the destructive influence of the “long march” through our institutions...

Business working with academia

(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...

Sir Arvi Parbo, AC – RIP

The world mourns the death of a mining legend. Sir Arvi died peacefully, at his home in Melbourne, today at the age of...

Killing and Stealing: Government Specialties

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

Manipulated Students Strike – Where are our leaders?

When carefully orchestrated students, all around the world, simultaneously utter the same nonsensical platitudes about the sponsored climate crisis, one can only ask,...

#13 – Rule for Life: ‘Take every job seriously’

Last week Jenny and I enjoyed Dr Jordan Peterson’s ‘12 Rules for Life’ visit to Perth. Thinking later I wondered what rule I...

Taxation: How times have changed

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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