subsistence-level

Now one of the criticisms we hear of SS is that it was intended to be just that (albeit not means-tested); that it was supposed provide subsistence-level benefits, which have grown beyond the original intent.

Forced Savings vs. Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

"You can look at hunger as a Malthusian nightmare, or you can look it as a tremendous opportunity because everyone has to eat," said WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran, referring to a a theory that once population growth exceeds agricultural production, people will be forced to return to subsistence-level conditions.

Dispatches From Davos 2012

Santa Rosa became a bare subsistence-level encampment with little of what we think of as civil society institutions ... and in an active earthquake and hurricane area at that.

A Ripe Tomato: The Perfect Holiday Present! Richard Walden 2010

Think Silicon Valley 2-3 decades back, everybody working for subsistence-level paychecks and big stock option grants - believing that their software would be the category-killer.

Obama’s Oil Spill Dilemma | RedState 2010

Santa Rosa became a bare subsistence-level encampment with little of what we think of as civil society institutions ... and in an active earthquake and hurricane area at that.

Richard Walden: A Ripe Tomato: The Perfect Holiday Present! 2010

Rebuilding a "minimalist state" in Afghanistan means: a "subsistence-level economy" where "nobody starved"; a powerful-enough-but-not-too-centralized government "The center was strong enough to maintain law and order, but it was never strong enough to undermine the autonomy of the tribes"; a narrow gap between rich and poor; and a lack of Islamic fundamentalism and narco-statehood.

How Minimal Is Minimal? | ATTACKERMAN 2009

At a time when the stock market is providing dizzyingly negative returns, it may be time to look at the conservative but positive returns that can be had by investing in poor subsistence-level farmers.

Josh Ruxin: Time to Invest....In the Poor 2009

Santa Rosa became a bare subsistence-level encampment with little of what we think of as civil society institutions ... and in an active earthquake and hurricane area at that.

Richard Walden: A Ripe Tomato: The Perfect Holiday Present! 2009

The problem with this picture, says Ricardo, is that the group that is responsible for this progress, the capitalists, are obliged to pay higher subsistence-level wages to workers while the rising aggregate of rents increases the profits of landlords.

Classical economics 2008

Although one study on the use of wetlands indicates some subsistence-level vegetable production in a wetland of about 395 ha, this information could not be confirmed.

Water profile of South Africa 2008