Dr Greg Melleuish: Was the Aust Liberal Party's Founding Philosophy Really "Classical Liberalism"?
The National Conservatism Institute of Australia Podcast · Dan Ryan
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Show Notes
My guest today is Dr Greg Melleuish who is a well-known Australian academic who teaches amongst other things on the history of liberalism in that country. Today we discuss:
- To what extent Disraelian political conservatism existed Down Under
- Whether the Australian Liberal Party was actually founded on "classical liberalism"
- What he thinks of "Red Tories" like Phillip Blond and "post-liberal" thinkers like Patrick Deneen, Adrian Vermeule and Yoram Hazony
And much much more