Berlin Wall: 30th anniversary after the fall
20 November 2019 • Ron Manners AO
So much has been written in this past week regarding the Fall of the Wall, what else can I possibly add? Reading so …
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Who Benefits While You Pay?
6 August 2019 • Ron Manners AO
When any orthodox economist from the Democratic Land of Oz talks of policies designed in the ‘public interest’ or the ‘national interest’, I …
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Public Choice Theory explains how Western values are being eroded
6 June 2019 • Ron Manners AO
Being an optimist, I am enjoying the many signs of “sprouting concern” about the destructive influence of the “long march” through our institutions …
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Killing and Stealing: Government Specialties
18 April 2019 • Ron Manners AO
Part 1 Over the centuries, governments have only excelled at two things. Killing (mainly by declaring wars) and stealing (mainly by taxation and …
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Manipulated Students Strike – Where are our leaders?
9 April 2019 • Ron Manners AO
When carefully orchestrated students, all around the world, simultaneously utter the same nonsensical platitudes about the sponsored climate crisis, one can only ask, …
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Taxation: How times have changed
4 February 2019 • Ron Manners AO
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?
15 January 2019 • Ron Manners AO
The absurdity is becoming obvious to all of us (at least to those who can read). The inertia of our response and lack …
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Croesus’ wine cellar
10 August 2018 • Ron Manners AO
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
23 April 2018 • Ron Manners AO
There's a good reason why my book Heroic Misadventures is subtitled ‘Australia: Four Decades - Full Circle’. In the 1970s we saw Australia’s …
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What would Thomas Jefferson say?
13 April 2018 • Ron Manners AO
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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