Taxing peasants in money forced them 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. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 311

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: British money taxes forced Palestinian peasants into debt and market dependence. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 311; Capitalism’s birth required peasants to lose autonomous access to common lands.; War and sanctions created the crisis that opened farmers to corporate dependence. — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 280 (+2 more)