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On the Foundations of Distributism: Property, Family, Politics, Economy. Part 3

6 February, 2021

by Thomas Storck The following is the English version of part three of an article/interview by Thomas Storck, “Sui Fondamenti del Distributismo: Proprietà, Famiglia, Politica, Economia,” published in Bollettino di dottrina sociale della Chiesa, July/Sept. 2020, pp. 73-84. For information on the Italian publication, see here. Part 2 can be found here. The natural … More On the Foundations of Distributism: Property, Family, Politics, Economy. Part 3

Reflections on the Quarantine

16 April, 2020

People all around the world have been in a quarantine lock down due to the Covid-19 virus outbreak for about a month. In some areas, families can go for walks, while in other areas people are only allowed to go outside for things like getting food. This crisis imposed isolation, called “social distancing,” is raising … More Reflections on the Quarantine

How Do the Joneses Keep Up?

25 November, 2019

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?

The Homeless

5 September, 2019

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

A Problem With Over-Centralizing Production

20 August, 2010

This article was originally published by The Distributist Review on 20 August, 2010 We distributists advocate the decentralization of production whenever practical. We are challenged by claims that centralization is more efficient in terms of cost. “What’s wrong with Big Business” is a question we need to answer. The founders of Distributism focused on the … More A Problem With Over-Centralizing Production

Distributism and Obamacare

24 March, 2010

A favorite charge against distributism is that it is just another form of socialism. This is based on a false assumption taken from the name of the movement, that distributism is nothing more than the redistribution of wealth. While distributism desires to establish a wide distribution of wealth, the means of accomplishing that goal are … More Distributism and Obamacare