I often see two things in my perusing of various distributist discussion sites: calls by fellow distributists that we actually start living and conducting business in a distributive manner, and criticism by non-distributists that we are not doing so. It is high time that we start responding to these calls. Unfortunately, true opportunities to implement … More Is It Practical to Start Living According to Distributist Principles Right Now?

Our current mortgage system provides an excellent example of why usury used to be illegal. Many people today believe that usury is just another word for interest, but that is not strictly correct. George O’Brien gives a more thorough explanation of usury in “An Essay on Medieval Economic Teaching,” but one aspect of usury is … More Distributism and the Home Mortgage