Author Archive for Richard Aleman

Plutonomy
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Plutonomy

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by on Feb 24, 2013 in Agrarianism & Distributism, Featured, The Economy, The Social Order
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Plutocracies are societies where majority wealth is controlled by a shrinking minority. They are driven by economies powered and consumed by the wealthiest class over a mass population dependent upon their fortunes. Wealth creation is the principal motivator in these economies and corporations are their vital actors. Snatching public policy away from the hands of […]

Msgr. Luigi Ligutti and Distributism
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Msgr. Luigi Ligutti and Distributism

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by on Sep 14, 2012 in Agrarianism & Distributism, Featured, On Books
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Thanks to David Bovee’s new book about the illustrious history of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, The Church & the Land, one of the luminaries who helped shape the rural church in America once again resurfaces: Msgr. Luigi Ligutti. His classic book Rural Roads to Security, published in 1940 [and reissued this year] , thoroughly […]

Industry: A Distributist Solution Part II
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Industry: A Distributist Solution Part II

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by on Feb 10, 2012 in Featured, The Economy
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The family’s limited participation in the manufacturing of medium to large-scale goods appears to present us with a challenge. Large-scale industry is needed to accommodate the production of heavy machinery, automobiles, and other technologies we use everyday. To the skeptic, Distributism seems unresponsive to these needs and incapable of fitting into our modern framework. In […]

Industry: The Distributist Solution Part I
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Industry: The Distributist Solution Part I

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by on Feb 08, 2012 in Agrarianism & Distributism, Featured
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The mention of Distributism often draws skepticism by those who, while valuing its merits, believe Distributism incapable of providing satisfactory answers to our modern needs. From chewing gum to automobiles, chairs to food stuffs or toys to beer, we live in a world consumed by and dependent on mass-produced goods and large scale industry. The […]