A New Synthesis
Catholic Social Teaching: A New Synthesis is a successful effort to present the entire sweep of Catholic social teaching since Leo XIII.
Prison and Paradise
We have not only paved paradise and put up a parking lot; we have paved paradise and put up a prison.
Chiesa e Stato
L’unico freno a chi cerca di farsi gli affari suoi nei governi è dato dagli insegnamenti morali della religione, della Chiesa.
Credit for the Rest of Us?
The problems with fractional reserve banking and the creation of checkbook-credit allows banks to rig the system of credit like an elaborate casino.
The Social Mission of the Catholic Church
If social modernism is as worthy of condemnation as is dogmatic modernism, then it surely is worthwhile learning what it is and seeking to avoid it.
Church and State
It may be a pure coincidence, but it is a strange historical fact, that Church and State have constantly been at loggerheads.
The Myth of Ownership
Not only do the laws of capitalism facilitate the separation of ownership from work, they also seem to separate ownership from the rights of ownership.
We Can't Deny It
If Distributism is to be a practical movement, those of us who are distributists must endeavor to strictly abstain from science denialism.
Duas dificuldades
Duas dificuldades, porém, tem de ser vencidas antes que se possa aplicar a cura.
Conversations on Distributism
Our conversations must of necessity be elliptical and disjointed what with swing shifts, hours of work, duties on four acres, wife and six children.
Polski premier, wirtuoz, dystrybutysta
Mamy podstawy sądzić, że Gilbert Keith Chesterton oraz Ignacy Jan Paderewski znali się osobiście.
Social Justice and the Fear of Hell
It is worth a closer look to discover whether a connection between justice and fear of Hell might be useful to the common good of society.
Les méfaits du capitalisme
Beaucoup commencent à mettre en doute les fondements du capitalisme d’une maniéré qu’on n’avait pas constatée depuis des décennies.
The Power of Humility in the Technocratic Age
The key to understand Guardini’s thought is to recognize the nature of his Christian transgression of modern and contemporary notions of power.
An Incarnate Economy
In consumer capitalism, profit maximisation only works if desire is kept alive, and not stopped short when that desire is completed.
Il distributismo è cattolico?
Non si può separare il distributismo dal magistero cattolico più di quanto si possa separare l’originale Costituzione dagli scritti di John Locke.
Insufficiency and Insecurity
Wherever industrial Capitalism arose the same conditions of insufficiency followed it.
Bóg jest rodziną
Bóg stworzył człowieka na swój obraz. Stworzył go kobietą i mężczyzną, aby ludzka miłość znalazła po temu warunki i dostąpiła wcielenia.
The Poetry of Limits
Limits are rules. The paradox is that freedom exists only within the rules. If we break the rules, we don’t get freedom.
Making Judah Great Again: An Apology for Judas
The most hated man in all of literature is likely Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed his friend and teacher with a kiss.