Editing G. K. Chesterton (section)

===Distributism===
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[[File:Three acres and a cow.JPG|thumb|upright|Self-portrait based on the [[Distributism|distributist]] slogan "[[Three acres and a cow]]"]]

Inspired by [[Leo XIII|Leo XIII's]] encyclical ''[[Rerum novarum]]'', Chesterton's brother [[Cecil Chesterton|Cecil]] and his friend, [[Hilaire Belloc]] were instrumental in developing the economic philosophy of [[distributism]], a word Belloc coined. Gilbert embraced their views and, particularly after Cecil's death in World War I, became one of the foremost distributists and the newspaper whose care he inherited from Cecil, which ultimately came to be named ''[[G.&nbsp;K.'s Weekly]]'', became its most consistent advocate.  Distributism stands as a third way, against both unrestrained capitalism, and socialism, advocating a wide distribution of both property and political power.