Authors of Articles on Practical Distributism
by Thomas Storck In the first part of this article I spoke of economic behavior as understood by mainstream neoclassical economics and provided a critique of that, pointing out in particular its failure to recognize the crucial role played by power and by human institutions in determining economic outcomes. Now how does this relate to … More Economic Law and Catholic Social Doctrine, Part Two
by Thomas Storck Since the beginning of her existence on this earth the Church of Jesus Christ has taught about both faith and morals, that is, about what we are to believe and how we should behave. Under the latter head the Church has taught much about the virtue of justice and has applied that … More Economic Law and Catholic Social Doctrine, Part One
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
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