Thomas Fleming, Russell Kirk, Wilhelm Roepke, Allen Tate

A partial list of the worthies cited by Ryan Setliff — A Conservative Primer for Conceptualizing Political Economy on the Humane Scale. The author notes that "within a decentralized republic with vibrant local and regional cultures, the natural tendency of the market for economic development is for a more widespread distribution of property and capital, a broader more affluent middle class, and the preponderance of small-scale enterprise and entrepreneurship."