Just out of curiosity, what do you think about attempts to apply ecological population dynamics from mathematical biology to pre-industrial states? Aka, the 'cliodynamics' stuff.
This week on the blog, we're starting our dive into the basic structures of premodern farming, beginning with a look at common patterns of smaller subsistence farmers. How did these families work to manage the inherent risks of subsistence farming?https://acoup.blog/2020/07/24/collections-bread-how-did-they-make-it-part-i-farmers/ …
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When I look at the cliodynamics models being discussed, it's very reminiscent of the Hodgkin-Huxley model of neuron action potentials : quite underdetermined unless fitted, and quite simplified, but overall very useful in identifying broad features of the phenomenon being studied
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Can't wait for the rest of the series! One thing I don't really understand: you said money wasn't a viable way of mitigating risk in part because the problems that farmers were trying to mitigate would increase the price of grain in the years when they needed to buy it the most.
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But you also said that one of the reasons for keeping strong social ties was that times of crisis would usually only hit your house, not your neighbors. How do we reconcile these two facts?
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