Poza kapitalizmem i socjalizmem. Dystrybucjonizm jako alternatywa wobec materialistycznego postrzegania ludzkiej egzystencji
Beyond Capitalism and Socialism. Distributism as the Alternative to the Materialistic Concept of Human Existence

Summary/Abstract: Hilare Belloc and Gilbert Keith Chesterton are commonly recognized as prolific British writers,authors of many memorable works of the early 20th century. However, from the plethora of topicsthey covered in their writings, the economic theories they created together are probably themost forgotten. These ideas created and developed throughout the years are usually known as“distributism”. This name marks the economic system inspired by the Catholic Social Teaching,designed by Belloc and Chesterton to be a possible remedy for the problems of both most popularanswers to economic issues – Capitalism and Socialism.The British duo (known by some as “Chesterbelloc”, term created because of their closefriendship and accordance of beliefs) argued, that a better solution is not only possible, but is infact the most natural way of regulating the economic matters of the society. In the ruthless timesof English Industrialism they advocated the common possession of private property, establishedand maintained by such elements as differentiated tax, the guild system, widespread agricultureand the solid foundation of Christian morality.In this article the Authors argue, that the idea of Distributism is still valuable in the 21stcentury and that many solutions created by its authors could still be implemented in present societies,being an alternative for the purely materialistic vision of economy and solving or preventingmany of modern issues.

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