Distributism is an economic philosophy developed primarily by G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc, advocating the wide distribution of productive property rather than its concentration in the hands of either a capitalist class or the state.
Offers a Catholic third-way alternative to both capitalism and socialism, grounding economic theory in the principle of subsidiarity and the dignity of private ownership.
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