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The Huge Responsibility of Teaching Economics

17 July 2025  •  Ron Manners AO

History of Economic Thought Society of AustraliaUWA Business School17th July 2025 Since Riko asked me to speak I have been wondering what a …

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Beating Off the Union Thugs – Part II

3 July 2025  •  Ron Manners AO

Take Control of Your Own Superannuation Fund The reader feedback from Part 1 has been overwhelming and several selected comments have been added …

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In a Court of Justice I would have Won, but in a Court of Law I Lost

26 June 2025  •  Ron Manners AO

Beating off the Union Thugs Part 1... Part 2 next week I would like to share this short piece I wrote in 1979 …

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South Africa – Why Aren’t we Friendly?

19 June 2025  •  Ron Manners AO

An historic review of Australia's strange relationship with South Africa in 1981 by Ron Manners. (Open images in a new tab to view …

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Power Grid Vulnerability?

10 June 2025  •  Ron Manners AO

My friend Ken Schultz recently wrote an insightful comment about power grid vulnerability on a Gatestone Institute article, and I thought that it …

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Questions I could not Answer!

3 June 2025  •  Ron Manners AO

The Economic Society of Australia recently asked me to comment on the following three questions: - Falling numbers of undergraduate students are majoring …

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Super Down Under

27 May 2025  •  Ron Manners AO

Reposted from our friend Joel Bowman at Notes From the End of the World. “The only difference between a tax man and a …

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Kalgoorlie (and Australia) Lookin’ Good, Feelin’ Awful

14 May 2025  •  Ron Manners AO

Seminar Background Paper by Ron MannersPresident, Kalgoorlie Chamber of CommerceJune 8 1977 Introductory comment from Ron, December 1, 2015:Although written for an economic …

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ANZAC Day 2025 – As we Hear the Several Drumbeats of War

23 April 2025  •  Ron Manners AO

IPA Adjunct Fellow Prof. Bradley Bowden inspires us with "What a Legend." He show us the importance of "getting history right," by bringing …

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An Easter Message

17 April 2025  •  Ron Manners AO

We wish you a safe and happy Easter and we repeat this excellent message from our friends at the Centre for Independent Studies …

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