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Articles: Government

Berlin Wall: 30th anniversary after the fall

So much has been written in this past week regarding the Fall of the Wall, what else can I possibly add? Reading so...

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...

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,...

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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The absurdity of Australia’s submarine frolic?

The absurdity is becoming obvious to all of us (at least to those who can read). The inertia of our response and lack...

Croesus’ wine cellar

This undated article dips into timeless topics. It offers a uniquely Australian perspective of global issues such as mining exploration and foreign debt....

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Australia: Four Decades – Full Circle

There’s a good reason why my book Heroic Misadventures is subtitled ‘Australia: Four Decades – Full Circle’. In the 1970s we saw Australia’s...

What would Thomas Jefferson say?

Today’s guest writer, and birthday boy, is Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826). Jefferson was the third President of the US and principal author...

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