I begin the article by outlining the meaning, content, and justification of human rights in general. I then identify the strongest arguments for affirming a human right to subsistence and the most powerful objections to such a right. Finally, I address the worry about human rights inflation and...
These type of farming activity is common in places with a traditional economic system. In modern times, there are a small number of countries (and even communities) that adopt this form of economic structure but it seems to be the normal in regions with low urban density, as is the case ...
digital economic development (Digitjt) and whether a household is poor (famp) or subsistence (fams) are significantly negative at the 1% level, meaning a one-unit increase in the digital economic development leads to a 12.1% (6.24%) decrease in the consumption of poor (subsistence) households...
other adults, and, importantly, other children. Vertical or parent-to-child transmission (Cavalli-Sforza et al.1982; Hewlett et al.2011) seems to be less conducive to innovation, meaning it is more common in stable environments where information need not change rapidly. Various studies have also...
Coastal resources are important for the wellbeing and livelihoods of people in coastal communities across the world but are used and valued differently by
The importance of the relational values of gleaning are illustrated by the example of a pair of elderly sisters in the community who have gleaned together since they were children and continue to do so despite their limited sight and mobility meaning they often fail to find anything. The ...