The National Conservatism Institute of Australia Podcast

Stewart Paterson is an economist and banker and spent 25 years in capital markets as an equity researcher, strategist and fund manager. He has worked in London, Mumbai, Hong Kong and Singapore in senior roles with Credit Suisse, Credit Suisse First Boston, CLSA, among others. He is a senior research fellow at the Hinrich Foundation and author of "China, Trade & Power".

It was this book which calls for a more realist assessment of trade arrangements with China that caught my attention when I read it several years ago. In this episode we discuss:

• How his views on China trade and investment changes over the years
• What the view is like from London and how UK is in many ways behind Australia and the United States in its understanding of China and a reassessment of trade more generally
• What appropriate trading arrangements should be like with China going forward.

Interesting discussion/debate with Dr Zachary Gorman in-house professional historian at the Robert Menzies Institute in Melbourne. www.robertmenziesinstitute.org.au

We cover issues such as (a) how Australian Liberal Party different from British version (b) how Australian Liberal Party differs at all from other centre-right parties in other Anglo nations (c) whether many academic liberals have a spiteful view of the Australian Settlement and Australia history more generally and whether that is fair (d) whether liberalism can be seen as a destructive political philosophy and what restrictions can or should be placed on it.

Discussion with Prof Timothy Lynch, head of political science at the University of Melbourne. He writes on contemporary America and its intersections with Australian life.

Among other things we discuss:

• His recent article in The Australian and areas which touches on various "natcon" themes:
• We discuss where we agree American conservatism has changed (trade, foreign policy), important areas his article did not touch on e.g. immigration, and also whether there is much of a difference on social issues/culture war between JD Vance and Ronald Reagan https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/win-or-lose-vance-has-sparked-a-revolution-across-conservatism/news-story/813282f509ac255fa39562d5fa8cab95
• We also discuss his general views on foreign policy, the realism of Prof John Mersheimer, and how Prof Lynch's own views have changed
• We finish with some questions about Australian universities and liberalism generally and whether what and how we are teaching students today advances the interests of students and the West more generally