Distributismus is an economic philosophy, which became to represent from catholic philosophers such as Gilbert Keith Chesterton or Hilaire Belloc. The Distributismus to consequence the possession of means of production should be as far as possible in the population distributed, instead of in the central Bestitz of the State of (socialism) or a small number of individuals (capitalism). Under this system most humans would be in the layer their living costs to earn without on the use of strange property to be dependent.

The ideas go back on papal theories 19. and 20. Century, begun with Pope Leo XIII. 's Rerum Novarum. A good summary is Chesterton's remark: "“The problem with capitalism is that there are not enough capitalists"”. While the papal Enzykliken was a point of origin was based Belloc and Chesterton most of its recommendations which to be changed would be on analyses its which in the Middle Ages functioned, before the development of capitalistic philosophy, as she was articulated first by Jean Quidort in the theory of the Homo oeconomicus in De potestate regia et papali.

In the America of the 30's Distributismus in much tough leagues became Essayes of Chesterton, Belloc and others in The American Reviewbehandelt.

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