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Distributism, Capitalism, and the Global Economic Crisis
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Distributism, Capitalism, and the Global Economic Crisis
Dr. David Paul Deavel, Associate Editor of Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture and Contributing Editor to Gilbert Magazine, the official publication of the American Chesterton |
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Jan 21 2010 |
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7:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
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Seattle Pacific University
Otto Miller Hall
Conference Room 109
3037 3rd Avenue West
Seattle, WA 98119 |
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Otto Miller Hall is located near the corner of Nickerson and Third Avenue West, directly across 3rd Avenue from Royal Brougham Pavilion. For campus map, click here.
This event is hosted by the G.K. Chesterton Society of Seattle and is free and open to the public.
What caused the global economic crisis? Lack of regulation of free markets? Too much bad regulation and intervention by governments? Throughout the twentieth century a number of groups—starting with Chesterton and Belloc’s distributists—have contended that capitalists are right about the dangers of socialism and other forms of statism, but that capitalism inherently leads to statism and the kind of situations we face today. As Chesterton said, Hudge (Big Government) and Gudge (Big Business) are twins. In this evening's lecture, David Paul Deavel will analyze the similarities and differences between the diagnoses and solutions offered by distributists and (particularly) Christian capitalists, arguing that the common ground and possibility for collaboration between them is greater than they often make it out to be. |
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For more information, contact Nicole Rizkallah at nrizkallah@isi.org. |
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