Chayanov contrasts the peasant farms that are linked to the economy nationally, and those that are not. Simply the presence of such economic links factors into the expenditures drastically. I am interested in seeing how the different types of peasant farms, in terms of the family, operates: how does having the ability to spend money in an economically significant way change the way a family is run? With money becoming a far more significant factor in some of these areas of peasant farms, is there a shift in the duties of the house? It’d be interesting to see how time commitments shift to different aspects of the economically involved peasant farmer’s life.
Another aspect I found interesting was the value (fertility) that decreased the further away from a market it was. We see aspects of this in the US today: small towns in rural areas have lower costs of living, whereas urban areas are incredibly expensive. How does this factor into the peasant farmers’ family lifestyle? Is there a shift in what the farmer devotes his energy and time to when he has more of an opportunity to make capital?
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