Subsistence

Subsistence is generous these days, life is not cheap, and it is not in the nature of flesh and blood to indulge in the carnage made possible by present-day machinery.

THE HUMAN DRIFT 2010

Subsistence is generous these days, life is not cheap, and it is not in the nature of flesh and blood to indulge in the carnage made possible by present-day machinery.

The Human Drift 1917

As president, he launched a program designed by Tugwell called Subsistence Homesteads, which provided families with “a modern but inexpensive house and outbuildings, located on a plot of land upon which a family may produce a considerable portion of the food required for home consumption.”

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Subsistence which is approved by the Secretary of War.

A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents William McKinley 1872

Subsistence farmers in Mexico were not given assistance or time to make adjustments under NAFTA.

Bill Ong Hing: Control the Border: Invest in Mexico Bill Ong Hing 2011

Subsistence farmers in Mexico were not given assistance or time to make adjustments under NAFTA.

Bill Ong Hing: Control the Border: Invest in Mexico Bill Ong Hing 2011

Government invoked Subsistence payments for Welfare, and Work programs implemented insisted on minimal Wage.

Phelps on the Great Displacement, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Subsistence farmers in Mexico were not given assistance or time to make adjustments under NAFTA.

Bill Ong Hing: Control the Border: Invest in Mexico Bill Ong Hing 2011

Subsistence-level economies have great built-in incentives to have lots of kids (otherwise known as e.g. “water carriers”).

Matthew Yglesias » Haiti 2010

Subsistence income for those who make transport and sell ketchup is ideal.

Matthew Yglesias » Ketchup Economics 2010