The Servile State
by Hilaire Belloc /
2008 / English / EPUB
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The Servile State
The Servile State is a book written by Hilaire Belloc
in 1912 about economics. Although it mentions Distributism, for
which he and his friend G. K. Chesterton are famous, it avoids
explicit advocation for that economic system. This book lays out,
in very broad outline, Belloc's version of European economic
history: starting with ancient states, where slavery was critical
to the economy, through the medieval economies based on serf and
peasant labor, to capitalism. Belloc argues that the development of
capitalism was not a natural consequence of the Industrial
Revolution, but a consequence of the earlier dissolution of the
monasteries in England, which then shaped the course of English
industrialization.
is a book written by Hilaire Belloc
in 1912 about economics. Although it mentions Distributism, for
which he and his friend G. K. Chesterton are famous, it avoids
explicit advocation for that economic system. This book lays out,
in very broad outline, Belloc's version of European economic
history: starting with ancient states, where slavery was critical
to the economy, through the medieval economies based on serf and
peasant labor, to capitalism. Belloc argues that the development of
capitalism was not a natural consequence of the Industrial
Revolution, but a consequence of the earlier dissolution of the
monasteries in England, which then shaped the course of English
industrialization.
