Donald P. Goodman III is a practicing attorney in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a graduate of the William and Mary School of Law and of Christendom College with a degree in history and a minor in classical languages. He is married to Catherine Goodman, also a graduate of Christendom College, and has four children.

Joyous Christmas and Ebenezer Scrooge

It’s finally happened. The libertarians are seriously, with a straight face and their usual sarcastic smugness, defending Ebenezer Scrooge as a humanitarian hero. And not after the ghosts of Christmas visit him, either. Don’t get me wrong; the libertarians and I do have some common ground. Some. But this sort of position just underlines the [...]

On Joe Carter on Distributism

Distributism recognizes man’s vices and specifically tries to limit the damage they do to the body politic. Capitalism, on the other hand, celebrates those vices (or one of them, at least), and in fact makes one of them the principle of economic action.

An Introduction to Distributism II

The widespread distribution of productive property is the primary goal of Distributism; however, other principles also inform Distributism’s pursuit of this goal.

An Introduction to Distributism

While in a socialist society none are owners, and in a capitalist society only a few are owners, in a Distributist society most are owners of productive property. This is the defining characteristic of Distributism: the widescale distribution of productive property throughout society.

Distributism and Externalities

For a Distributist who believes in commutative justice, justice is being denied those who are forced to endure costs without any compensating enrichment; for a capitalist, the price is failing to reflect the true costs of the transaction, which leads to a market failure. Externalities are a problem for both systems.

Distributism and Marxism

Distributism has little in common with Marxism beyond the fact that it’s not capitalism; sadly, that fact is sufficient for many capitalists to attack Distributism as a brainchild of Engels and Lenin.

Distributism and the Modern Economy Part Two

If the average citizen is the owner of some means of production—whether that be land, tools of a trade, or some other productive property—the problems of our current system… will be greatly mitigated. We will again be faithful to our God-given task of stewarding the earth which He gave us.

Distributism and the Modern Economy

Man uses the resources God gave him to produce the wealth that he requires for his flourishing. It does not, however, take an astute reader to notice that our current system seems quite far removed from this description.

Our Local Team

The Green Bay Packers are a local, community team in the fullest, truest sense of the word. And despite lacking a profit motive, they’ve been among the most successful teams in professional American football.