by Thomas Storck Those who like to celebrate the contemporary capitalist economy frequently do so in terms of choice. Some are quite open that it is consumer choice that excites them, the ability to pick and choose among an immense variety of products, according to one’s whims and desires. Others, more conscious of the shallowness … More Consumer Choice and Society
by Dana Krull The following article is reprinted with permission from the Fall 2019 newsletter of the Holy Family Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry, a ministry of Holy Family Catholic Church in Columbus, Ohio. Meet Joe and Jane Jones. They’re median folks living in Central Ohio, both 39 years old with a gross annual … More How Do the Joneses Keep Up?
by Joseph L. Grabowski Practical Distributism would like to thank Joseph L. Grabowski for permission to republish the following article. It was originally published on his own blog, which can be found here. Question 1 27 September, 2019 A questioner wrote to me with three questions following my recent podcast recording on Distributism, and … More Three Questions on Distributism
by Thomas Storck Probably nearly everyone would assent to the statement that the economy is meant to serve society, not the other way around. But despite the verbal acquiescence that would most likely be given to this statement, it is my contention that in fact for capitalist modernity most often the very opposite is true: … More What is an embedded economy?
The issue of the homeless in society is starting to get more attention in the news in the United States. Unfortunately, I suspect that this is only because of the upcoming presidential election. It would be unfair to say that this issue gets no attention at other times, but it does seem to me that … More The Homeless
LETTER TO MY EUROPEAN CORELIGIONISTS by Thomas Storck This article is a slight revision of “Lettre d’un catholique américain à ses amis français et européens,” published in L’Homme Nouveau, no. 1675, 24 November 2018, pp. 12-13. Although Anglo-Saxon North America began as simply an extension of Europe, settled entirely by Europeans – aside from African … More A New Coca-Colonization?
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