by David W. Cooney Well, it’s been six long years of the three programs known as Quantitative Easing, or “QE.” The first, under president Bush, was for $750 billion. The second, under president Obama, was for another $800 billion. The third, also under Obama, was an ongoing payment by the U.S. government of $85 billion … More The End of QE
One response to my Distributism Basics article on the Science of Economics was the assertion that economics can be studied apart from ethics. According to critics of the article, I was incorrectly attempting to join two topics that don’t necessarily go together. These critics at least seemed to agree that ethics did apply to economic … More The Laws of Economics
One reaction to this Distributism Basics series is that a particular group of commenters has asserted that their economic and political theories are so close to distributism as to make them virtually indistinguishable. In various ways, they have assured me that, if I would only read the writings explaining their views, I would be left … More Distributism Basics: Distributism vs. Christian Socialism
© Despair.com – Used with permission Some images from Despair.com are © Getty Images Even the experts seem confused. It is not unusual for critics of distributism to claim that we “just don’t understand economics.” Do the so-called experts really understand it? Look through the following headlines covering about one month of “expert” reporting on … More Trying to Understand Economics?
“Federal funds earmarked to offset Affordable Care Act insurer losses.” The Los Angeles Times 21 May, 2014 “The Obama administration has quietly adjusted key provisions of its signature healthcare law to potentially make billions of additional taxpayer dollars available to the insurance industry if companies providing coverage through the Affordable Care Act lose money. The … More Too Big To Fail
“A community of a higher order should not interfere in the internal life of a community of a lower order, depriving the latter of its functions, but rather should support it in case of need and help to coordinate its activity with the activities of the rest of society, always with a view of the … More Distributism Basics: The Nature and Roles of Government
Practical Distributism 