British money taxes forced Palestinian peasants into debt and market dependence.
Evidence
Moreover, the British Empire demanded agricultural taxes in money rather than, as had previously been the case, in agricultural goods that peasants could produce themselves. This drove Palestinian peasants into debt, since they were forced to borrow at high interest rates, reinforcing their condition of market dependence. Meanwhile, Britain encouraged investment in Jewish industries and granted concessions on natural resources to Jewish companies, including key resource companies such as the Atlit Salt Company (1922), the Palestine Electric Company (1923), and the Palestine Potash Company (1929). — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 311
Categorization
- XREF: This money-tax mechanism echoes the classic ‘fiscal extraction as primitive accumulation’ pattern the author and others have documented globally. — connects to: Taxing peasants in money forced them into debt and market dependence — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention, 311; British Mandate land privatization forced Palestinians into wage dependence — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention, 310; The British Mandate privatized Palestinian common land toward Jewish ownership. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 310 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Taxing peasants in money forced them into debt and market dependence
#corroborates(0.98) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 311 - British Mandate land privatization forced Palestinians into wage dependence
#expands(0.85) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 310 - The British Mandate privatized Palestinian common land toward Jewish ownership.
#expands(0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 310 - De-agrarianization turned self-employed Palestinians into wage workers in Israel, deepening dependency
#expands(0.75) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 326