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The Caritist Social Union claims a platform based on {{wp|distributist}} and {{wp|Christian democratic|Christian-democratic}} thought, with influences from {{wp|ordoliberal economics}}, and the {{wp|Christian left}} on certain issues and within certain factions. In its contemporary position, the CSU acts mainly to represent the concerns many Kiravians have about the {{wp|economic liberal}} agenda pursued by the [[Shaftonist-Republican Alliance]] and the effects of market liberalism on social solidarity and public morals. Broadly speaking, it occupies the economic centre-left space of the Kiravian political field, advocating a more expressly humanistic approach to economic policy, characterised by more widespread ownership of productive property and housing, decentralisation, class collaboration, a preponderance of small and medium enterprises, a communitarian approach to social welfare and public services, and "more humane" labour laws. Most CSU members endorse the {{wp|social market economy}} as the best policy framework for Kiravia, while the largest minority current seeks an economic structure closer to classical distributism, endorsing the Urcean [[Model Economy]] as framework for undertaking this transition. The economic right flank of the caucus has been described as {{wp|social liberalism}}, the {{wp|Third Way}}, or "neoliberalism with a human face"; while the left flank endorses {{wp|social democracy}} verging on {{wp|religious socialism}}.