Ron Manners’ ideas 
and adventures

Ron Manners AO

Western Mining Corp (1933–2005)

The history of Western Australia as missed by the media It’s hard to imagine the history of Western Australia without productive industries such...

Book cover for Mandarins & Mavericks

Henry Hazlitt and the broken window

Regarding Henry Hazlitt Born on this day on 1894, Henry Hazlitt was the original economic journalist. He wrote about economics for a bunch...

Broken window fallacy Mannwest

Western Civilisation: The Sun Rises in the West II

The Western Civilisation conference, held in Perth, November 2017, attracted speakers and attendees to discuss the West’s unique features internal and external threats,...

Ron at Western Civilisation Conference Mannwest

Why attend Mannkal’s Western Civilisation Conference?

A good question and you have a right to ask. Any observer, of Australia’s current pre-occupation with trivia and its avoidance of the...

Western Civilization Mannwest

I, Pencil: the work of Leonard E. Read

One of the best know libertarians is Leonard E. Read. Although he’s no longer with us, today is his birthday. Seems like a...

I Pencil Mannwest

Esperance and its international parentage

Founding fathers Esperance was first discovered by the Dutch, then the French, the English, the Americans and then the Belgians. Initially visited by...

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HRH Prince Philip: Ideas have consequences

This presentation was given by Ron at one of Mannkal’s 20th anniversary events. It tells of Ron’s involvement with the Prince Philip study...

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Property rights: Central to good government

One of the few legitimate roles of any good government is to establish and protect the property rights of its citizens. When governments...

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Jerry Lewis and the corruption of charity

What’s the different between a lobbyist and a philanthropist? Funny man Jerry Lewis died in Las Vegas earlier this week, aged 91. The...

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Taxation trauma

At this time of the year many small and large businesses assemble their financial year results and set out plans for the coming...

Monopoly tax Mannwest