The following opening statement was given at the “Catholic Economics Roundtable” livestream hosted by Michael Lofton on 23 January 2021. It can be viewed on the Reason and Theology YouTube channel[1] and is available as a podcast on The Tradistae Podcast on Podbean.[2] Hello, my name is Thomas Hackett.* I am a Catholic Worker, currently … More Distributism at the Catholic Economics Roundtable
by Thomas Storck On Sunday May 8, 1949 The New York Times published a short article entitled “Vatican Paper Assails ‘Atheism’ in Capitalism.” Consisting of only three short paragraphs the article refers to an article just published in the Vatican’s newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, and written by that paper’s editor-in-chief, Count Giuseppe Dalla Torre. The … More A Road Not Taken
by Thomas Storck The following is the English version of part four of an article/interview by Thomas Storck, “Sui Fondamenti del Distributismo: Proprietà, Famiglia, Politica, Economia,” published in Bollettino di dottrina sociale della Chiesa, July/Sept. 2020, pp. 73-84. For information on the Italian publication, see here. Part 3 can be found here. Political parties … More On the Foundations of Distributism: Property, Family, Politics, Economy. Part 4
by Thomas Storck The following is the English version of part three of an article/interview by Thomas Storck, “Sui Fondamenti del Distributismo: Proprietà, Famiglia, Politica, Economia,” published in Bollettino di dottrina sociale della Chiesa, July/Sept. 2020, pp. 73-84. For information on the Italian publication, see here. Part 2 can be found here. The natural … More On the Foundations of Distributism: Property, Family, Politics, Economy. Part 3
by Thomas Storck The following is the English version of part two of an article/interview by Thomas Storck, “Sui Fondamenti del Distributismo: Proprietà, Famiglia, Politica, Economia,” published in Bollettino di dottrina sociale della Chiesa, July/Sept. 2020, pp. 73-84. For information on the Italian publication, see here. Part 1 can be found here. Can you … More On the Foundations of Distributism: Property, Family, Politics, Economy. Part 2
by Thomas Storck The following is the English version of part one of an article/interview by Thomas Storck, “Sui Fondamenti del Distributismo: Proprietà, Famiglia, Politica, Economia,” published in Bollettino di dottrina sociale della Chiesa, July/Sept. 2020, pp. 73-84. For information on the Italian publication, see here. The root of distributism can be traced back to … More On the Foundations of Distributism: Property, Family, Politics, Economy. Part 1
Practical Distributism 