Western Fundamentalism: Are We Growth Fundamentalists? | Prof. Gordon Menzies, PhD

Gordon Menzies obtained a (First Class) Honours degree from the University of New England in 1985. He won the Robert Jones Prize for the best Masters student at the Australian National University in 1997, and he won a Commonwealth Scholarship to undertake doctoral studies at Oxford University over 1998 to 2001. Prior to joining the University of Technology Sydney in 2003 he was 'in the room' of policymakers during the transformation of the Australian economy by the Hawke-Keating governments. From 1986 until 2003, he was an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia.  Links ___________________ Contact: [email protected]  Gordon Menzies: https://profiles.uts.edu.au/gordon.me... Buy Western Fundamentalism: https://bit.ly/3HaqUl0 Timestamps ___________________  0:00 - Teaser 0:40 - Gordon Menzies Introduction  1:41 - What is Fundamentalism & how are we in the West fundamentalists?  5:03 - What is the importance of having first principles?  11:31 - Possession of ‘unprovable beliefs’  19:21 - Is there a problem with being a fundamentalist, especially a Western fundamentalist?  35:50 - What are ‘Unthinking Responses’ and how can this help us examine our first principles  39:32 - Can we be friends with people who hold fundamentally different beliefs?  46:12 - How can we promote critical thinking? 50:07 - Do policymakers have a view that economics takes primacy over issues such as moral goodness, environmental protection and being a person of virtue?  1:05:12 - Is Economic Growth a western fundamental?  1:14:17 - Do we have to bring an end to Capitalism?  1:20:25 - Limits: Why Malthus was Wrong   1:28:36 - What ought we do in an age where political discourse has been hallowed out by economists and technocrats?  1:40:21 - Promoting alternative scripts of living  1:50:58 - What is Gordon’s Utopia? Credits __________________  Thumbnail: Scuola di Atene by Rafael Sanzio da Urbino