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Articles: Business

Canberra’s Grasping Predators

On September 13, 1981 the Sunday Independent newspaper published an open letter from myself to then Federal Treasurer John Howard. My remarks were...

Bureaucracy v Public: an open letter to the Consumer Affairs Bureau 1976

In the days of Perth’s Sunday Independent, a good letter to the editor was not only published, but also served as inspiration for...

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...

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...

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...

#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...

Peter Thiel: The articulate libertarian

The Mont Pelerin Society is fortunate to have Peter Thiel speaking at this year’s General Meeting in Gran Canaria, Spain. Known as the...

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Peter Thiel: Zero to One book review

Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups or How to Build the Future gives inside knowledge on the various questions to ask that...

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