Aristotle and Aquinas, Bank Regulators
Not too long ago, a Prominent Economist told me that Aristotle had nothing to teach us about modern finance. I beg to differ.
To Begin With
We seek Justice not only, because we suffer from its absence, but because, when others suffer so, their strong grievance poisons the moral air we breathe.
Distributism and Health Care Reform V
Distributism would help to increase the number of medical providers and bring the cost of medical care down through greater competition.
Taxes: Fair or Foul?
The great debate about taxes is this: should they be regressive, flat, or progressive?
Three Acres and a Penguin: Why Distributists Should Try Linux
Have you heard of Linux? Maybe you went to download Firefox, clicked around, and noticed a little penguin.
What's Wrong With Free Trade and Outsourcing?
Anyone criticizing the doctrine of Global Free Trade is called ignorant, isolationist, and protectionist.
A Modest Proposal: Part II
Many, many books, articles, and experiences have inspired and influenced this Urban Homesteading idea.
LOSE MONEY NOW! ASK ME HOW!
Herbalife is based on the great lie that money can be made where no wealth is created.
Distributism and Health Care Reform IV
Powerful insurance industry lobbies get laws passed to corner the market, secure their monopolies, and limit their competition.
A Still, Small Voice
Almost thirty years after his death, Schumacher’s still, small voice speaks with greater urgency than ever to a world in need of his wisdom.
Distributism and Health Care Reform III
The debate was never about health care; it was about the economic aspects of paying for health care.
Distributism and Health Care Reform II
Will the Republican establishment have the fortitude to really bring an end to Obamacare?
Distributism and Health Care Reform
If this health care legislation is allowed to stand there will be no aspect of our lives the government cannot regulate.
Distributism: A Précis
Distributism favours a ‘society of owners’, where property belongs to the many rather than the few or the state, as advocated by some socialists.
The Mistake About Distributism
Distributism finds its roots in the social and economic theories articulated in the documents of the Church’s social teaching.
A Resolved Tension
One is left with a very difficult decision when dealing with what Woods refers to as “the unresolved tension” between social teaching and economic law.
On Pilgrimage: Giving the Addict His Due
We, too, must give freely and lavishly to those who ask of us, even if they are the addict on the street.
Naïve Experts: Economists and the Real World
It is considered something of a rude question, nevertheless I think it fair to ask why 90% of all economists missed the coming of the current disaster.
The Distributist Thinking of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
When Solzhenitsyn dismissed Western social and economic policies as false alternatives to Communism, the Russian dissident found himself alone.
Usury: Part II
If application of usury teaching was difficult in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, it is certainly more so today.