Iain Murray - What Has Happened to Conservatism?

The Curious Task

Apr 16, 2025•59 min•Ep. 296

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Episode description

In this episode from 2023, Matt speaks with Iain Murray about the estrangement of conservative liberalism from identitarian forms of conservative nationalism and the intriguing alliances that may arise in the future between freedom-loving libertarians and some unlikely allies.

Episode Notes:

Iain's book "The Socialist Temptation" https://a.co/d/5AUQHQp

One of Iain's articles on the subject https://cei.org/blog/european-populism-is-nationalist-conservatism/

"Do Libertarians Have a Political Home Anymore?" by Iain Murray https://www.acton.org/religion-liberty/volume-35-number-1-2/do-libertarians-have-political-home-anymore

Summary of Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly_Elegy

Ezra Klein's comment on "Everything Bagel Liberalism" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/02/opinion/democrats-liberalism.html

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