Archive for Category: "Hilaire Belloc"
The Problem Stated
Almost in living memory the mass of modern men lived in houses which were their own, produced food and clothing and the rest from land which was their own, possessed the fruits of their toil, decided what they would produce and what they would consume.
To Begin With
We seek Justice not only, nor even mainly, because ourselves suffer from its absence, but because, when very many others suffer so, their strong grievance poisons the moral air we breathe.
The Modern Phase
Communism denies God, denies the dignity and therefore the freedom of the human soul, and openly enslaves men to what it calls “the State” but what is in practice a body of favoured officials.
Hilaire Belloc
Belloc fue un escritor prolífico. Se deben a su pluma 153 títulos de muy diversos géneros, salvo el teatro: poesía, ensayo, novela, viajes, historia y biografía.
Sanity for Helen…and the Rest of Us
Economics is a tool, as any science is a tool. But we have begun to think that man serves his tools, and the tools do not serve man. We also think the tools should tell us everything, because we have deified them.
The Catholic Church and the Principle of Private Property
Catholic principle does most certainly affirm that men in their right senses and with any hope of establishing a permanent organization, must base this upon the co-existence of Private Property side by side with Public.
Managed Currency
Merely to fabricate a certain amount of artificial money therefore and to keep it at the same figure will subject you to the same inconvenience as you would have with any other medium, while getting none of the advantages of a real currency.
The Ruin of the Small Storekeeper
The phrase “small distributor” is a pompous but accurate way of saying “small storekeeper.” He also was an economically free man as was the unencumbered farmer of his own land. The small storekeeper was an independent citizen under no master. He is threatened with disappearance like his brother the small owner: the craftsman, the farmer.