Welcome! The Distributist Review is a new journal for people who want to have serious discussions on the practice and theory of Distributism. The Review will appear in print four times a year, and most of the content (though not quite all) will also be available on this web site.

What is Distributism? In part, that's the mission of this journal; to find a satisfactory definition. For now, here's one approach: distributism is an economic theory which aims at a society where the average adult owns enough private property to support himself or herself. That means not only owning your own home (real ownership, not a 30-year lease from the bank), but also owning the tools by which you create your wealth. They might be a video camera, a llama, or a share in the factory where you work, but in some way, you own them. No one can fire you.

(Here's a longer definition.)

Sound good? Sadly, the real economy is rather more complicated than good intentions. And that is what this journal is for; to get to work, and figure out how to make this happen.

I've received most (but not all) of the articles for the first issue, and we're working on revisions.

I'm going to wait on taking subscriptions until I have things lined up with the printing company. But you can subscribe to the RSS or Atom feed if you'd like to stay posted. (I'll be editing this post, so be sure your aggregator pays attention to edited entries.)

Please contact me if you have any questions or suggestions, and do check out the guidelines if you'd like to contribute! I hope to hear from you.