The following is an article by Douglas R. Fox, director of the Center for Sustainability and Global Change at Unity College. This article is reprinted from the Fall 2013 edition of Maine Organic Farmer and Gardener. We thank Professor Fox and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association for their permission to reprint this for … More Distributism and the Local Organic Farm Community
Here is an interesting discussion about Guilds and Distributism
From time to time, some of our readers have suggested that we should not use the Spanish cooperative corporation, Mondragón, as an example of distributist principles in action. The main point of this suggestion is that Mondragón has grown too big to truly be an example of distributism in the world today. I have always … More Another Look at Mondragón
This article was originally published by The Distributist Review on 29 April, 2012 One claim critics of Distributism frequently make is that the elimination of large monopolies with their wealth will bring innovation and technological development to a virtual halt. They cannot seem to conceive of companies working together for the mutual benefit of everyone … More Innovation
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?
Practical Distributism 