Ron Manners’ ideas 
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Articles: Government

Our tarnished regulators

Rules and regulations are important aspects of our Western Civilization, as without them we would descend into savagery. However, those charged with the...

Flaccid brains were on parade

Dr. Richard W. Rahn recently introduced the concept of Flaccid Brains with these comments: If government spending is growing faster than gross domestic product...

Northern Australia: The Next Powerhouse of the Global Economy?

Keynote Address to 3rd Annual North Queensland Resources Development Conference in Townsville, Queensland Do you believe in miracles? Let me tell you about...

Northern Australia Mannwest

Canberra needs history as a compulsory subject

Isn’t it strange that no-one in Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s ‘control group’ appears to have studied history? If they had, I’m sure they...

Custom-made miracles: Musings on less government involvement for business

This article was first published in the 2010 edition of WA Mining Club‘s Minesite, an annual collection of the club’s activities as well...

Another giant government stuff-up!

So, Australia’s federal government had to be seen to be doing something to counter the Global Financial Crisis. That’s understandable as is their...

The trouble with Government

Perhaps government is too big? Too expensive? Perhaps too intrusive? These days they tap your phones and check your bank accounts (if you...

Double standards

How many times are we told that politicians’ private lives are just that – private – and that the media should not investigate...

Freedom to shop

As a consumer, buying a loaf of bread when it suited me was once my “right”, but now I can only shop with...

Ponzi schemes invented by governments?

Most of us would know of Bernie Madoff’s jail sentence of 150 years, for running a “Ponzi Scheme”, where repayments to shareholders depended...

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