The affordability of housing is a issue that has plagued several administrations of the US government. Many solutions have been tried, and the negative impacts on the average family have generally far outweighed any benevolent intent. There are several reasons for this, but one common factor is that none of these solutions have ever attempted … More The 50 year mortgage: A new path to increased family debt
by Jeb Smith Socialism and capitalism are not at war with each other—they are in cahoots with each other. They have formed that unholy alliance, the servile state—big government propped up by big business, and big business propped up by big government.-Dale Ahlquist et al.The Hound of Distributism: A Solution for Our Social and Economic … More Let’s Play Monopoly: Capitalist vs Socialist
Software as a Service (SaaS) has become a standard for all applications from word processors to computer games. With SaaS, you don’t actually buy a copy of the software, you only buy a license to use it. For some SaaS, like business software, you buy the use of the software for a specific period of … More Modern Software “Purchases”
When usury is discussed in our times, the typical assumption is that usury refers to the charging of interest on a loan of money. While this is the most common form of usury, this is not sufficient for a definition or an understanding of what usury truly is. I’ve presented a more detailed description of … More Modern forms of Usury
One of the criticisms that have been made about the distributist movement is that we make false characterizations about capitalism. We take selective examples of abusive behavior taking place within capitalism and use them to criticize capitalism as a whole. We use terms like calling average employees the proletariat and “wage slaves” to reflect how … More Capitalism Eating Itself
Distributists emphasize personal and local economic independence as the foundation of personal, political, and economic freedom. For nearly one hundred years, we have been saying that society overall needs to move away from our dependence, not only dependence on big government, but also on big business. As long as we continue to accept these things, … More Distributism and "Preppers"
Practical Distributism 