distributivism

Having said all that, I do not wish to over-emphasize the critique; I do not wish to make distributivism and mutualism mutually incompatible, for they are largely variations on a theme, a theme of freedom.

Why I am Not a Libertarian 2008

However, once again, this is not the distributivism of Belloc, who continues:

The Distributivism of Hilaire Belloc 2007

Unfortunately today, critics and supporters alike of distributivism – also called distributism or distributionism – tend to distort, exaggerate or even contradict what Belloc has written on the matter.

The Distributivism of Hilaire Belloc 2007

Dr. Woods describes a distributivism which advocates that “people withdraw from the division of labor of a market society and retreat instead into a kind of autarky … The emphasis here is on having as many people as possible be owners of their own land and of whatever means of production they employ”8.

The Distributivism of Hilaire Belloc 2007

This brings us to another misunderstanding often made regarding the distributivism of Belloc, which was touched upon recently by Dr. Thomas E. Woods, Jr. in his Remnant article, “Capitalism Defended.”

The Distributivism of Hilaire Belloc 2007

I think that the foregoing reconcilation of Austro-libertarianism with distributivism is, indeed, an extremely important project (not only from a theoretical standpoint, but also as a means of keeping otherwise well-intentioned believers in each of these schools of thought from killing each other).

The Western Confucian 2010

However, forcing people to milk cows is not a part of Belloc’s distributivism because, speaking of such a self-reliant system, Belloc continues with his theme of the family and explains that:

The Distributivism of Hilaire Belloc 2007

Flanders, speaking in “What’s Wrong with Distributivism?” asserts: “For distributivism was, and is in its newer manifestations, more a movement in ethics than in economics.

The Distributivism of Hilaire Belloc 2007