Comment Comment by claytonwramsey This is covered in a previous article: https://acoup.blog/2025/09/12/collections-life-work-death-an...In short, most peasant farmers must sharecrop at least some of their land, and on sharecropped land, extraction rates are on the order of 50% (for basically nothing in return). parent claytonwramsey 1 year ago
In short, most peasant farmers must sharecrop at least some of their land, and on sharecropped land, extraction rates are on the order of 50% (for basically nothing in return).