This article was originally published by The Distributist Review on 11 April, 2011 When distributists advocate the institution of local guilds to eliminate monopoly, some supporters of maintaining the monopolistic status quo claim that doing this would result in lower quality, fewer options for the consumer and higher prices. One reader claimed that the real … More Capitalist Monopolies vs. Distributist Guilds
This article was originally published by The Distributist Review on 27 January, 2011 How big a town or city would we need for a guild to develop to meet the need for regulation? And how could we guarantee that they don’t act like a monopolist? Who will regulate the regulators? At what point should a … More Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
This article was originally published by The Distributist Review on 19 January, 2011 In Parts One and Two, I mainly discussed the different schools of Capitalist thought (Keynesian and non-Keynesian) and how Distributism differs from them in regard to the role of government in stabilizing the economy and the use of taxation in doing so. … More Justice, Fairness and Taxation, Part Three
This article was originally published by The Distributist Review on 17 November, 2010 Some of us begin to catch glimpses of saner principles, reflected in the Catholic social teaching and in Distributism (and elsewhere), but we have no idea how to approach these ideals in our day-to-day lives. The ideal appears to be something quite … More Where Does One Begin?
This article was originally published by The Distributist Review on 8 November, 2010 In Part I of this article, I pointed out that a purpose of the Keynesian redistribution of wealth was to keep the engine of Capitalism working. It’s adherents advocate it from a sincere belief that this is the best way to help … More Justice, Fairness and Taxation, Part Two
This article was originally published by The Distributist Review on 1 November, 2010 John Médaille’s recent article on the “Fair Tax” stirred up quite a conversation on the nature and acceptability of methods of taxation in relation to distributist principles. Although some of the controversy was due to a misunderstanding of his actual views, distributists … More Justice, Fairness and Taxation, Part One
Practical Distributism 