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An Example
Economics, Hilaire Belloc Hilaire Belloc 12/20/18 Economics, Hilaire Belloc Hilaire Belloc 12/20/18

An Example

Citizens who have been long deprived of their property and who have ceased to feel the instinct for it, tend to lose their citizenship.

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Collusion of Big Business and Big Government
Phillip Campbell, Politics Phillip Campbell 12/5/17 Phillip Campbell, Politics Phillip Campbell 12/5/17

Collusion of Big Business and Big Government

A standard critique of capitalism, going back to Chesterton and Belloc, is that it creates a collusion between Big Government and Big Business.

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Two Biblical Passages On Economic Life
Economics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 11/23/17 Economics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 11/23/17

Two Biblical Passages On Economic Life

There are two passages from Sacred Scripture which, taken together, illustrate well the place which economic activity should occupy in human life.

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Els Nostres Deures Envers els Pobres
Catalan, Hilaire Belloc, International Hilaire Belloc 3/18/16 Catalan, Hilaire Belloc, International Hilaire Belloc 3/18/16

Els Nostres Deures Envers els Pobres

És una curiosa ironia, que la cosa temporal que havia d’unir més els catòlics, és allò que els catòlics necesàriament han d’envestir amb més vacil·lacions.

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The Recovery of the Guilds
Guilds, Russell Sparkes Russell Sparkes 3/15/16 Guilds, Russell Sparkes Russell Sparkes 3/15/16

The Recovery of the Guilds

Is it possible that the guilds, those great symbols of medieval culture and enterprise, might be restored to life in our own time?

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Christendom, Americanism, and Beyond
Books, Joseph Pearce Joseph Pearce 3/14/16 Books, Joseph Pearce Joseph Pearce 3/14/16

Christendom, Americanism, and Beyond

Mr. Storck insists, like Belloc, Chesterton, and Dawson, that the history of western civilization can only be comprehended if we see it as Christendom.

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Solzhenitsyn and Distributism
Joseph Pearce, Politics Joseph Pearce 1/4/16 Joseph Pearce, Politics Joseph Pearce 1/4/16

Solzhenitsyn and Distributism

There are remarkable parallels between the ideas set forth by Solzhenitsyn and the ideas espoused by Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc fifty years earlier.

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The Disease of Monopoly
Hilaire Belloc, Vintage Distributism Hilaire Belloc 12/18/15 Hilaire Belloc, Vintage Distributism Hilaire Belloc 12/18/15

The Disease of Monopoly

This disease of monopoly, which is ruining freedom, and against which nearly all men protest, is a main symptom of our modern mortal disease.

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Answer to John Cort
Catholic Worker, Vintage Distributism Dorothy Day 12/11/15 Catholic Worker, Vintage Distributism Dorothy Day 12/11/15

Answer to John Cort

Dorothy Day repudiates John Cort and other Catholics who see Distributism as an agrarian visionary dream.

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Nationalization
Economics, Hilaire Belloc Hilaire Belloc 8/6/12 Economics, Hilaire Belloc Hilaire Belloc 8/6/12

Nationalization

A society in which the mass of men have no experience of ownership is a society which sees in Socialism the short-cut to its ideals.

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The Restoration of Property
Hilaire Belloc, Vintage Distributism Hilaire Belloc 12/3/11 Hilaire Belloc, Vintage Distributism Hilaire Belloc 12/3/11

The Restoration of Property

No man attempting the restoration of property can say, “Here is my cut and dried plan.” You cannot do it, because it is normal to man, organic.

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The Guild System
Guilds, Hilaire Belloc, Vintage Distributism Hilaire Belloc 11/26/11 Guilds, Hilaire Belloc, Vintage Distributism Hilaire Belloc 11/26/11

The Guild System

The Guild is the oldest, most deeply rooted of all human institutions. It has appeared in all civilizations because it is necessary to stability.

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Communism Has Failed
Hilaire Belloc, Vintage Distributism Hilaire Belloc 11/21/11 Hilaire Belloc, Vintage Distributism Hilaire Belloc 11/21/11

Communism Has Failed

There are four main proposals Communism offered for setting things right again. The first three are false remedies, the fourth is the true remedy.

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Despre Statul Servil
Economics, International, Irina Bazon, Romanian Irina Bazon 8/15/11 Economics, International, Irina Bazon, Romanian Irina Bazon 8/15/11

Despre Statul Servil

“Statul servil”—În această formă socială, o minoritate care controlează mijloacele de producție susține vasta majoritate a celor fara proprietate.

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Co-Creational Curriculum
Culture, Dr. James Knotwell Dr. James Knotwell 7/31/11 Culture, Dr. James Knotwell Dr. James Knotwell 7/31/11

Co-Creational Curriculum

It’s not enough to develop a set of lessons that parishioners can go to school on to become better informed. We need a Co-Creational Curriculum.

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The Austrian Version of the English Enclosures
Christopher A- Ferrara, History Christopher A. Ferrara 7/25/11 Christopher A- Ferrara, History Christopher A. Ferrara 7/25/11

The Austrian Version of the English Enclosures

Why are the past fifty years of scholarship on the enclosures more reliable than the past two centuries of scholarship?

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Christians and the Economy
Books, Kevin O'Brien Kevin O'Brien 7/18/11 Books, Kevin O'Brien Kevin O'Brien 7/18/11

Christians and the Economy

How many among us self-proclaimed Christians make our living off of the more and more imaginary and arbitrary world of finance?

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The Differential Tax
Hilaire Belloc, Vintage Distributism Hilaire Belloc 7/18/11 Hilaire Belloc, Vintage Distributism Hilaire Belloc 7/18/11

The Differential Tax

The principle of the Differential Tax is that a different proportion of taxation and amount may be applied to men in different circumstances.

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Property
Hilaire Belloc, Vintage Distributism Hilaire Belloc 6/18/11 Hilaire Belloc, Vintage Distributism Hilaire Belloc 6/18/11

Property

The whole meaning of property is the economic freedom which it bestows upon the individual or family possessing it.

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A las diez y cuarto de la mañana
Belén Rincón García, International, Spanish Belén Rincón García 6/14/11 Belén Rincón García, International, Spanish Belén Rincón García 6/14/11

A las diez y cuarto de la mañana

Frente a la imposición del Estado Servil a que llevaban estas propuestas, Belloc y Chesterton proponían un Estado Distributivo.

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