Ron Manners’ ideas 
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Articles: People

Father Long’s sacred nugget

This story is set in Kanowna, about 20km east of Kalgoorlie. It’s a ghost town these days. But in Father Long’s day, when...

Gold nugget Mannwest

Remembering Lang Hancock

Lang Hancock will always be a legend and an icon of Australia. In 1963, he saved my life. I doubt he even realised....

Lang Hancock 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

Reagan: A tribute to the 40th US President

Ronald Reagan was US president from 1981-1989 and during that time he led America back to a more conservative view, one which hadn’t...

Ronald & Nancy Mannwest

How Ayn Rand shaped my perspective on property rights

“The right to agree with others is not a problem in any society; it is the right to disagree that is crucial.” —...

Ayn Rand books Mannwest

Bettina Bien-Greaves: Emerging from Mises’ shadow

Retiring and then passing away at the age of 100 years, was typically the style of Bettina Bien-Greaves — a friend of so...

Bettina Bien-Greaves Mannwest

A series of coincidences

A series of coincidences led me to Sonogno, Switzerland in 2002. I set off to find out more about free market economic think...

Ticino Canton Mannwest

The life and times of WG Manners

There’s a name that keeps popping up on this website and throughout my books — WG Manners, my grandfather. Since today is his...

Golden Crown 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

I, Pencil: the work of Leonard E. Read

One of the best know libertarians is Leonard E. Read. Although he’s no longer with us, today is his birthday. Seems like a...

I Pencil Mannwest