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Toward the Third Way, by Andrew J. Peach – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Andrew J. Peach, Crisis Magazine, May 27, 2026

Andrew J. Peach, J.D., Ph.D., is a former philosophy professor and current attorney. He is the co-author of An Introduction to Catholic Ethics, a text used in Catholic high schools across the United States, and has published articles in numerous journals, including The Thomist, Philosophical Investigations, First Things, Journal of the History of Philosophy, and International Philosophical Quarterly. He and his wife Kathryn live in Wilmington, Delaware, with their four children.

 

Can Hilaire Belloc’s “Propriety State” (i.e the wide distribution of property) become a alternative to Capitalism on the one hand, and Communism on the other?

Americans have lost faith in either party to bring about a just economy. The Left has descended into communism, putting the means of production and the power to distribute property in the hands of the State. The Right disingenuously touts a free market while tilting the playing field toward the rich and wealthy corporations. Whatever crumbs either provides to the masses come at the cost of freedom. Both create slaves—the Left to government and the Right to the wealthy few (and government). And both the Left and the Right increase the gulf between rich and poor. …

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