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Match this legacy!

26 September 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

Today marks the birthday of Leonard E. Read, founder of the Foundation for Economic Education and author of the iconic free-market essay I, …

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Why you should download this free ebook!

4 September 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

Back in 2009 I published Heroic Misadventures: Australia, Four Decades, Full Circle in which I retold some of my experiences in the gold-mining industry …

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Get up off your knees!

30 July 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

Enough of these ceremonial apologies, please! Is it time that we learned to think for ourselves instead of reacting to peer group pressure? …

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Open letter to family, friends and supporters

8 June 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

Dear family, friends and supporters, It is with great pleasure that I humbly share with you the news that I have been included …

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Remembering Karl Hess

13 May 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

One of the events that brightened up my ‘Coronavirus Besieged Easter’ was the Reason.com release of Jesse Walker’s interview with Daniel Tucker entitled …

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Awakening Possibilities!

17 April 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

Awakening Possibilities! (Our task is simple) While I’m currently pre-occupied with writing a piece on “why our next generation should take the Coronavirus …

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I miss Jon Utley

10 April 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

Each November, in New York City, Jon Utley and I have shared a meal.  We also invited a younger person, or two, to …

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Coronavirus Era – 8 Rules

25 March 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

Don’t get sick.  You don’t want to be a burden on others, as they are already burdened by the fall-out from the current …

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Ron Manners plays the long game

23 February 2020  •  Mannwest Admin

This review of Ron Manners' The Lonely Libertarian was written by Benjamin Marks, and was originally published on his website Economics.org.au. Buy your …

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Hollywood Hedonism v British Tradition

15 January 2020  •  Ron Manners AO

Birth and circumstance bring responsibility.  Living up to such responsibility is challenging, but achievable; if you have that magic ingredient called ‘character’. Fortunately, …

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