Emails to Malcolm
In the spirit of C.S. Lewis, Kevin O'Brien emails his friend Malcolm for the holidays, and in the exchange he reveals Malcolm's spiritual, intellectual, and political ambiguity.
The Civic State
The welfare state and the market state are now two defunct and mutually supporting failures.
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.
Capitalist Monopolies vs Distributist Guilds
Under our existing capitalist monopolies, huge businesses buy out or undersell the local competition.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
How big a town or city would we need for a guild to develop to meet the need for regulation?
Justice, Fairness and Taxation Part II
Distributism refers to the idea of distributive justice, which is accomplished through the widely distributed ownership of productive capital.
Justice, Fairness and Taxation Part I
Distributists do need to present their ideas on taxation to stir up debate in a way that clarifies the issues.
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 IV
Powerful insurance industry lobbies get laws passed to corner the market, secure their monopolies, and limit their competition.