Socioeconomic justification of distributorist thinking

Authors

  • Eduardo Gómez Melero Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
  • José Torres Remírez Universidad de las Hespérides

Keywords:

economic thought, family business, cooperatives, redistribution, theology, chesterton

Abstract

Distributism advocates the return of the economy to its political place as an indefectible part of the common good. To this end, he proposes the reparation of commutative justice and the aggregation of distributive justice, in this way the freedom of the markets is replaced by that of men and their families; an economic freedom popularized by access to ownership of the means of production. Distributism understands that property has a social character. The distributist economic proposal is based on a society of small landowners that guarantees subsistence, prevalence and family economic freedom.

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Published

2026-03-31

How to Cite

Gómez Melero, E., & Torres Remírez, J. (2026). Socioeconomic justification of distributorist thinking. Vergentis. Revista De Investigación De La Cátedra Internacional Conjunta Inocencio III, (21). Retrieved from https://vergentis.ucam.edu/index.php/vergentis/article/view/314

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