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Community and Subsidiarity

Posted in Corporate Confession, localism on March 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Collectivism or Community?
We must be careful. As the doctrine of the mediatorial Kingship of Christ over the nations demands a robust doctrine of solidarity (see last months article) it would be easy to draw a number of unbiblical and dangerous conclusions. If the human race is really an organic unity, if nations are [...]

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Roepke in Geneva: Revidivus W.H. Chellis

Posted in Conservatism, Humane economics, localism on February 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Roepke in Geneva: Revidivus
Roepke brought the wisdom of his humane economics to Geneva. History is repeating itself as Roepke disciple/scholar Dr. Ralph Ancil toils amidst the hallowed halls of Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pa.
Readers will be aware that Geneva College is the denominational college of the RPCNA. Although Dr. Ancil is not [...]

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Roepke and the Human Economy

Posted in Humane economics, localism on February 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Roepke and the Human Economy
W.H. Chellis
Since we are talking economics here at De Regno, I must admit a prejudice. I have never been a fan of the “dismal science.” Yet, not all economists are made equal. Among 20th Century economists, the German born Wilhelm Roepke (1899-1966) has no peer (at least from [...]

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Small is Still Beautiful, Pt. 2: “Economics and th…

Posted in Humane economics, localism on February 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Small is Still Beautiful, Pt. 2: “Economics and the Soul”
Charles Brown
This section of the book begins by counting the real cost of free trade. Conventional economists consider global free trade to be good—invariably and indisputably. Critics of this sacred dogma are condemned as “protectionists”. We live in a climate today where no one questions the [...]

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A local currency for a local economyCharles Brown…

Posted in Humane economics, localism on February 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »

A local currency for a local economy
Charles Brown
Since we’ve been talking about Schumacher recently, I had to pass along this link to a practical Schumacherian idea: BerkShares in the Berkshires.
HT: Rod Dreher

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Crunchy Con in Indy

Posted in Conservatism, Humane economics, localism on February 26, 2007 | 6 Comments »

Crunchy Con in Indy
Charles Brown
Readers of this blog need to familiarize themselves with the work of Rod Dreher, an editor with the Dallas Morning News and a very good blogger. His 2006 book, Crunchy Cons, is must reading.
Anyway, for those who are interested in meeting him in person, he’ll be speaking at a conference in [...]

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Small is Still Beautiful, Pt. 1

Posted in Conservatism, Humane economics, localism on February 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Small is Still Beautiful, Pt. 1
Charles Brown
The book, Small is Still Beautiful: Economics as if Families Mattered, was recommended to the readers of this blog not long ago. It’s my intent to provide a review of each of its five sections. The author, Joseph Pearce, builds off of the work of E. F. Schumacher, who [...]

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Small is Still BeautifulW.H. ChellisThere are t…

Posted in Humane economics, localism on January 10, 2007 | 6 Comments »

Small is Still Beautiful
W.H. Chellis
There are times when the Reformed Presbyterian Testimony is down right beautiful. In chapter 4.11 it wisely declares, “The Scriptures teach that everything belongs to God; that the authority and power to obtain and use goods are given by God; and that men are to seek God’s glory in the use [...]

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Got My Pitchfork: Or Caleb’s Populist RevoltW. H….

Posted in Conservatism, Humane economics, localism on August 7, 2006 | 13 Comments »

Got My Pitchfork: Or Caleb’s Populist Revolt
W. H. Chellis

Caleb Stegall has been busy of late. In a Sunday edition of the Dallas Morning News, Caleb published this excellent piece entitled Populism Now!
Caleb writes:
“When the oldest sources of order – which are at root religious – are abandoned along with their traditions and taboos, the resulting [...]

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