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There might be a strong case to classify the Austrian School as a conservative school of economic thought instead of keeping it as the libertarian doctrine it is known nowadays.
Every time I read Richard Weaver’s magnum opus, Ideas Have Consequences, there is a sentence, written in one of the last chapters of the book, that really catches my attention: “It is not a little disquieting to realize that in… Continue Reading →
Distributism doesn’t mean what you think it does. It’s not some kind of baptized-socialism that should more accurately be called “redistributionism.” Distributism is radical. It’s self-reliant. It’s a man-against-the-world anarchy that even the most committed acolyte of Ayn Rand can… Continue Reading →
We’ve seen a heavy campaign from distributists on the Libertarian Catholic network and we’re still not sure if distributism isn’t just Catholic Communism but we’re willing to hear the arguments. Two experts on the subject face off in this gentlemen’s… Continue Reading →
The author of some of the foundational libertarian books (The Law) and concepts (broken window fallacy), Claude-Frédéric Bastiat was raised in a tumultuous time for the Church in France. He was a economic liberal but saw it as a means… Continue Reading →
World-renowned economist, the late great Milton Friedman addresses the question of whether morality can be forced on people. His response is genius: if you’re not free to sin, then you’re not free to be virtuous. The main problem with the… Continue Reading →
I would like to illustrate a point about Catholic social teaching and Libertarian economics by tweaking a particular quote from Pope Francis: In the first case the Pope has some harsh words for the geological sciences: “The worship of the… Continue Reading →
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