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Articles: Government

State election: Western Australia

Ron’s latest Mid-Month Mannerism digs into the murky world of the upcoming Western Australian state election — have politicians learnt anything since the...

Why I can’t vote Liberal

Ron’s latest Mid-Month Mannerism has him defending our property rights, WA’s upcoming state election and governments forgetting their main function. And who better...

Flight MH370 and political travel rorts

A lost plane and pollies perks Both of these issues are classic examples of what economists call public choice theory. This is the...

Role model reversal? Under developed versus developed countries

The real generation gap in Australia Matthew Lynn of The Daily Telegraph recently set out to investigate why the title of developing country...

Tallinn, Estonia: 2016 Free Market Roadshow

This is part of a speech presented while visiting Vilnius, Tallin, Warsaw, Gdansk and Kiev for the 2016 Free Market Roadshow. Australia’s claim...

Estonia: Lessons for Australia from this tiny country

Estonia is quickly becoming known as e-Estonia, due to its focus on a digital future as an e-society. It’s a success story that...

Estonia card Mannwest

Politicians should fear the next generation

This Mannerism was written in 2016 but its message still rings true today. There’s nowhere to hide What makes these current times so...

Politicians next generation

Memories of Moscow: The usefulness of public choice theory

I’ve mentioned public choice theory previously and it’s a topic that creates considerable interest. Many people ask the same question: why is public...

Memories of Moscow Mannwest

You want change? (What are you going to do about it?)

This presentation was given at a Young Liberals Convention a few years back. It features some good advice for young libertarians or those...

Young Liberals Mannwest

The other side of the same coin

This is a copy of speech Ron made at the Mannkal Scholars and Friends Cocktail Party, held at the University of Western Australia...

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