Ellen Meiksins Wood is Professor Emerita in the Department of Political Science, York University. She is the author of numerous books, including Democracy against Capitalism, The Origin of Capitalism, Citizens to Lords and, most recently, Liberty and Property.

Larry Patriquin is Associate Professor of Social Welfare and Social Development, Nipissing University. He is the author of Inventing Tax Rage and Agrarian Capitalism and Poor Relief in England, 1500-1860.