Spiritual awakening

Millmow, Alex

Title: Spiritual awakening
Creator: Millmow, Alex
Date: 2021
Type: Text; Book chapter
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/190352
Identifier: vital:17598
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6946-7_8
Identifier: ISBN:9789813369467
Abstract: This chapter looks at Colin Clark’s changing spiritual and philosophical attitudes during the Second World War. Clark opposed the centralisation of federal power when the Curtin Labor Government commandeered income taxation from the states. After 1945, his views on post-war reconstruction differed markedly from Australian economists. He also disowned his earlier Fabian beliefs. This sea-change in Clark’s philosophical outlook came with his conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1940. It marked a critical change in his career, especially in social and economic outlook. He became friendly with Australian political activist B. A. (Bob) Santamaria, sharing a regard for Distributivism, traditionalism, a longing for an idyllic rural society and hostility to communism. Having chosen to align himself with extreme doctrinal elements within the Catholic Church, Clark would face a continuing tension between scientific integrity and his faith. He rejected a collective form of social security for post-war Australia, arguing that she should exploit its resource endowment as a primary producer to feed the world and enjoy high commodity prices from doing so. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Relation: The gypsy economist: the life and times of Colin Clark Chapter 8 p. 129-148
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