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A World (Almost) without Money: Demonetization and Everyday Life in Collective-Era Rural China

Mergenthaler Hall 266

Jacob Eyferth Associate Professor Departments of History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago During the collective era (1956–80), China’s farmers earned an average annual cash income from collective sources of ¥15, equivalent to US $9 in terms of purchasing power. Total income was higher, since members of collectives received much of their […]

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Comparative History Matters: Health Insurance, Medicine, and Ideology in China and Taiwan

Mergenthaler 266

This presentation argues that comparative histories of health insurance can be a productive lens to reexamine nation-building processes, political patronage, and industrial productivity. While postwar China and Taiwan similarly provided health insurance for their laborers, a finer comparison of their provenance and implementation reveals contrasting ideologies. For example, the People’s Republic’s socialist construction of hospitals […]