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On ancient China's economic history
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On ancient China's economic history# Economics - 经济
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In ancient China, there were many times of regime change. Population change
has been proposed by many people to explain the above observation: as
population keeps on increasing and the amount of land fixed, per capita land
decreases and per capita output decreases. Thus, peasants’ rebellion would be
inevitable.
There are some testable hypothesis:
If population is keeping on increasing after a regime is established, the real
price of land should be keep on increasing.
It seems that the tax revenu
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寄信人: Travele (老兵)
标 题: Re: On ancient China's economic history
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Aug 6 14:23:10 2005)
来 源: 128.42.
It makes good sense. But the tax policy of a regime is not fixed. The tax
burden is usually light at the begining of a regime, then it becomes
heavier and heavier. At the same time there will emerge more and more
large land owners, who take land from small peasants. These land owners
are powerful enough to avoid or resist tax, and the small peasants, more
and more of them landl

【在 s*****s 的大作中提到】
: In ancient China, there were many times of regime change. Population change
: has been proposed by many people to explain the above observation: as
: population keeps on increasing and the amount of land fixed, per capita land
: decreases and per capita output decreases. Thus, peasants’ rebellion would be
: inevitable.
: There are some testable hypothesis:
: If population is keeping on increasing after a regime is established, the real
: price of land should be keep on increasing.
: It seems that the tax revenu

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