Editing Distributism (section)

== Influence ==
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=== E. F. Schumacher ===
Distributism is known to have influenced the economist [[E. F. Schumacher]],<ref>Opdebeeck, Hendrik, ed. Frontiers of Business Ethics, Volume 11 : Responsible Economics : E. F. Schumacher and His Legacy for the 21st Century. Oxford, GBR: Peter Lang AG, 2013. p. 12.</ref> a convert to Catholicism.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Phillips |first=Leigh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6OSOCgAAQBAJ&dq=Distributism+%22Toryism%22&pg=PT226 |title=Austerity Ecology & the Collapse-Porn Addicts: A Defence Of Growth, Progress, Industry And Stuff |date=2015-10-30 |publisher=John Hunt Publishing |isbn=978-1-78279-961-0 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Mondragon Corporation ===
The [[Mondragon Corporation]], based in the [[Basque Country (historical territory)|Basque Country]] in a region of Spain and France, was founded by a Catholic priest, Father [[José María Arizmendiarrieta]], who seems to have been influenced by the same [[Catholic social teaching|Catholic social and economic teachings]] that inspired Belloc, Chesterton, Father [[Vincent McNabb]], and the other founders of distributism.<ref>Mathews, Race. ''Jobs of Our Own: Building a Stakeholder Society.'' Fernwood Publishing. 1999.</ref>

=== Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic ===
Distributist ideas were put into practice by [[The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic]], a group of artists and craftsmen who established a community in [[Ditchling]], Sussex, England, in 1920, with the motto "Men rich in virtue studying beautifulness living in peace in their houses". The guild sought to recreate an idealised medieval lifestyle in the manner of the [[Arts and Crafts Movement]]. It survived for almost 70 years until 1989.

=== Big Society ===
The [[Big Society]] was the flagship policy idea of the 2010 [[List of UK Conservative Party general election manifestos|UK Conservative Party general election manifesto]]. Some distributists claim that the rhetorical marketing of this policy was influenced by aphorisms of the distributist ideology and promotes distributism.<ref name=DR21Jul>[http://distributistreview.com/mag/2010/07/a-potential-step-in-the-right-direction/ A Potential Step in the Right Direction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021041503/http://distributistreview.com/mag/2010/07/a-potential-step-in-the-right-direction/ |date=21 October 2014 }} 21 July 2010</ref> It purportedly formed a part of the legislative programme of the [[Conservative – Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement]].<ref name = BBC18May>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8688860.stm Cameron and Clegg set out 'big society' policy ideas] [[BBC]] News 18-May-2010</ref>