John Médaille

John Médaille
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http://www.distributism.blogspot.com
John Médaille is a businessman in Irving, Texas, and also an Instructor in Theology at the University of Dallas, where he teaches a unique course on the Social Encyclicals for Business Students. He is the father of five, grandfather of two, and husband of one. He is the author of The Vocation of Business: Social Justice in the Marketplace and is finishing up another book, Equity and Equilibrium: The Political Economy of Distributism. John also blogs at The Distributist Review.

Recent Essays

Localizing Health Care

Having found fault with Dr. Iliff's admirable efforts, it is incumbent on me to show whether distributism has any real answers or practical plans....

Building the Ownership Society

This is, at last, the last chapter of my new book, Equity and Equilibrium: The Political Economy of Distributism. I post it here because...

The Fear Monger’s Shop

One of the more interesting “advertisers” on A Prairie Home Companion is the “Fear-Monger's Shop,” catering to all your phobia needs. Garrison Keillor is...

Who Owns Our Jobs?

Irving, TX. We have all been trained up to the belief that jobs are something in the gift of great corporations or government bureaucracies....

Benedict on Business: What’s Love Got to Do With It?

Irving, Texas. Since its beginnings with Aristotle and Plato, the study of economics has always been regarded as a branch of philosophy, a colony...

The Red Tories and the Civic State

Phillip Blond Irving, TX. It has been sometime since I have called myself a “conservative.” It is not that any of my opinions have changed,...

Cleanup in Pew 16

I have just returned from two weeks in England, were I was more or less out of touch with the internet. The occasion was...

The Peasantry of the Future

Irving, TX. In answer to the question, “What do the poor want?” Simone Weil replied “They want you to look at them.” I...

Capitalism as an Unnatural System

Ever since capitalism made its appearance in the late Middle Ages and came to dominate both production and politics in the late 18th century,...

Is the Devil From Paris?

Irving, Texas. Is the devil from Paris? Many people seem to think so. And if not the devil himself, then at least a particular...

The Economics of Distributism V: The Practice of Distributism

Irving, TX. Somewhere, the Sage hath said, Philosophy is easy; plumbing is hard. The Sage is correct; we should be suspicious of systems that...

The Economics of Distributism IV: Property and the Just Wage

Dallas, TX. In the last installment, we maintained that the only means to economic equilibrium was the just wage: unless each person gets a...