Ron Manners’ ideas 
and adventures

Articles: Economics

Hong Kong protests

Some reflective thoughts I’ve just returned from my old ‘home-town’ of Hong Kong, bringing with me some vivid impressions of what is going...

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...

All that jazz

This was a speech given at UWA’s ECOMS function in 2008. I’m with the band One of the most satisfying experiences I’ve had...

All that jazz Mannwest

Let Public Choice Theory solve political puzzles

The good news is that an accredited Public Choice Theory course will be available from The University of Notre Dame Australia in Fremantle...

Political puzzle Mannwest

Aussie rules and economics

Once at an economics conference I got into a lively discussion. We compared last century to an AFL game. Split into four quarters,...

AFL Mannwest

Do you want a ‘strong’ dollar or a ‘weak’ dollar?

Which is best? Each day we read of special interest groups demanding government policies that will deliver either a ‘strong’ or ‘weak’ dollar....

Do you want a weak dollar or a strong dollar Mannwest

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
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