A Parallel Economy
Secondary goods are those which are meant to satisfy some want or whim of man, but are not essential as are primary goods. By providing for the basic needs, or at least as many as possible, our...
View ArticleQuis custodiet ipsos custodes?
How big a town or city would we need for a guild to develop to meet the need for regulation? And how could we guarantee that they don’t act like a monopolist? Who will regulate the regulators?
View ArticleDistributism: Economics as if People Mattered
According to Belloc, it was King Henry's confiscation of the monastery lands in England, and his action of parceling them out among his wealthy supporters, which marked the beginning of the...
View ArticleCapitalist Monopolies vs Distributist Guilds
Capitalists claim that the power of the guild over local business will lower quality, raise prices, and generally be bad for everyone. Considering that this is precisely what has happened under...
View ArticleProperty
The idea of the Guild has almost died out because the anarchy and greed of the modern world has destroyed the thing, but there is nothing to prevent its being restored.
View ArticleThe Vocational Group
If one has enough for a reasonable and comfortable human existence, then it is not true freedom to be able to acquire more, especially if that acquisition involves hurting others economically or...
View ArticleCatholic Illustrator’s Guild
It our pleasure and honor to introduce our readers to The Catholic Illustrator's Guild. May the 21st century spark new artists following in the footsteps of Bl. Fra Angelico.
View ArticleDistributism and the Health Care System
No system of reform currently on the table addresses either the supply or the institutional problems. If costs are brought under control by market forces, and the institutional problem is solved by the...
View ArticleThe Guild System
Every kind of good would flow from the re-establishment of the Guild, and without the re-establishment of the Guild the effort to maintain well-distributed property, even if we had already achieved...
View ArticlePractical Distributism: Innovation
Will the elimination of large monopolies really stifle innovation and technological development?
View ArticleCan Guilds Save Education?
Guilds are not just a nice distributist idea. Nor are they foolishly unrealistic as some claim. Guilds are actually exactly what our country needs to save our educational system and our students.
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