Blasphemy and the Baby
When Catholics talk about the natural law, they mean the law of man’s moral status, as it can be perceived by man’s natural reason.
Internet Businesses: Solution or Stopgap?
Internet commerce means we will buy almost nothing from local stores and instead sit at our computers, ordering from online venders often located far away.
An Awkward, Accurate Name
As the father of the word Distributism, Belloc thought it an awkward word but also accurate in that it emerged from the term "distributive justice".
G.K. Chesterton and the Challenge of Poland
Chesterton had spontaneously praised Poland, pointing to the deep love of personal freedom—the freedom that once existed in England.
Utopia
Distributists don't believe in utopia, rather in a society where the impact of corruption is mitigated, and therefore more easily corrected.
The Logic of Christendom
For the Greeks of Athens, as for the Catholics of Christendom, religion was not a private affair but also involved “regular public honoring of the divine.”
Liberalism and the Absence of Purpose
If there are no inherent purposes in created things then this has important implications for man and for human society.
The Power of the Nine
Each of these is a case-in-point of the great power the Supreme Court has over economic affairs, as well as the dilemmas and injustices that are created when the court wields this power.
Is Usury Still a Sin?
One looks in vain to find that the Church ever retracted, abrogated, or substantially altered her teaching on usury.
Victims of Mammon
Let us reject the idol of liberalism by refusing to sacrifice the poor and oppressed on its altar, the altar of Mammon.
Capitalism As An Unnatural System
For Aristotle, natural exchange was that necessary to provision the household, while unnatural exchange had money alone for its object.
Monarchy and the American Constitution
Love the idea of monarchy or hate it, we already have an imperial presidency.
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.
An Introduction to Distributism
John Médaille's classic "An Introduction to Distributism" features the fundamental questions and answers that intrigued the start of a movement.