Tag: Distributism

  • Distributism – Essential Reading

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    For those of you who are interested in Distributism, here are a few good places to start. Belloc’s book, The Restoration of Property and Chesterton’s An Outline of Sanity. Wilhelm Ropke is clearly sympathetic to many distributist ideas in his A Humane Economy. A more recent treatment is by John Medaille titled Toward a Truly Free Market. These will get…

  • Notional Savings Accounts

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    I have to apologize for reposting whole articles today.  I’m too busy to condense them at this time, but do want to share some of the interesting ideas out there that I think my readers will enjoy. Pascal Emmanuel Gobry …Forced savings are a popular idea on the right, the center-left and among academic economists,…

  • Pope Francis’ Criticism of Capitalism Has Long History in Catholic Church

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    Like so many others, I am taken with our new Pope and agree wholeheartedly with his criticism of capitalism and globalization.  After all, that message is the foundation of this site.  I was thrilled, therefore, when I came across the following article by Walter G. Moss in George Mason University’s History News Network because it mirrors…

  • “Too Few People Own Too Much World”

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    Robert Newman challenges the popular wisdom that a population explosion is causing food insecurity in the world: Let’s get one thing straight from the start. There is no population explosion. The rate of population growth has been slowing since the 1960s, and has fallen below replacement levels half the world over. But what about the…

  • Chesterton Being Considered for Sainthood

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    As those of you who read this blog may or may not know, I am an admirer of G.K. Chesterton and Distributism, the economic philosophy he espoused.  Nonetheless, I was surprised to hear that the odoriferous, 300-pound, cigar-chomping journalist is being considered for sainthood. In a special report over at The American Spectator, Christopher Orlet breaks…

  • Distributism and the Internet

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    I’m posting the following article by Daniel McInerny from aleteia, a Catholic publication, in its entirety.  It reflects much of my own thinking.  I’ve only recently learned about distributism,  an economic philosophy that arose as a countervailing force to the laissez faire capitalism and rampant industrialization taking place at the turn of the 20th century.…