This short book review of Médaille's work on distributism underlines that it is not enough to criticize some faults of mainstream economics when you wish to offer a real alternative. In a quite explicit way, Médaille champions a mixed economy, thus giving room for the logic of authoritarianism. In the corporatist society imagined by the author, it would be easy for the politically strong to exploit the politically weak, as can be observed in many real-life situations.

Review of Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More by John C. Médaille

Lottieri, Carlo
2011-01-01

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This short book review of Médaille's work on distributism underlines that it is not enough to criticize some faults of mainstream economics when you wish to offer a real alternative. In a quite explicit way, Médaille champions a mixed economy, thus giving room for the logic of authoritarianism. In the corporatist society imagined by the author, it would be easy for the politically strong to exploit the politically weak, as can be observed in many real-life situations.
2011
Distributism
Hilaire Belloc
Welfare State
Property rights
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