What Usury Did to Serfs In Old Tibet

In old Tibet, the local government (including individual officials), monasteries and feudal lords all engaged in trade. Without exception, they also lent money at usurious rates. Interest-based profits were a major source of their incomes. To exploit serfs, the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan local government established special agencies to handle money-lending matters. The agency established by the Dalai Lama for the purpose was called

抗战前山西农村经济状况及其经济关系

抗战前中国处在半殖地半封建社会,山西农村自然经济遭到破坏资本主义商品经济有了发展,表现为经济作物产量增加,工场手工业发展,农产品商品率提高,小农经济分化,部分劳力流入城市。但封建经济仍占优势,地主富农经济仍占统治地位,并与官僚资本、高利贷资本结合一起剥削农民。农民忍受着地租,高利贷、捐税等残酷剥削,农民与地主阶级的经济矛盾不断地加深着。