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Entry: A Road Not Taken: Distributism Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/a_road_not_taken_distributism#19816 Post contents: <i>It is well beyond high time that someone wrote a book that offers a serious exposition of distributism as a critique of modern global capitalism and its political and cultural analogues as well as a practical plan for moving toward a distributist order.</i> Ahem, may I (im)modestly suggest my own book on that subject, <i>The Vocation of Business: Social Justice in the Marketplace.</i> I wrote the book when I was asked to teach a course on Catholic Social Teaching to business students at the University of Dallas. I found that there was no suitable textbook on CST aimed precisely at business students. I do attempt both the critique you suggest and the solution. I also attempt to document the impressive success of the social teachings when they are implemented. The pontiffs were speaking as moral authorities, but they turned out to be shrewd economists as well, without actually attempting to be so. You may view the book at http://tinyurl.com/2pxdug Sent at: 2008 05 11