Dr Greg Melleuish: Was the Aust Liberal Party's Founding Philosophy Really "Classical Liberalism"?

Update: 2025-07-28

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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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Melleuish

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