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Autarky is the characteristic of self-sufficiency, usually applied to societies, communities, states, and their economic systems. [1]Autarky as an ideology or economic approach has been attempted by a range of political ideologies and movements, particularly leftist ones like African socialism, mutualism, war communism, [2] communalism, swadeshi, syndicalism (especially anarcho-syndicalism ...
Opposite of proêgmena. aretê ἀρετή: Virtue. Goodness and human excellence. askêsis ἄσκησις: disciplined training designed to achieve virtue. ataraxia ἀταραξία: tranquillity, untroubled by external things. autarkeia αὐτάρκεια: self-sufficiency, mental independence of all things.
Self-sustainability is a type of sustainable living in which nothing is consumed other than what is produced by the self-sufficient individuals. Examples of attempts at self-sufficiency in North America include simple living, food storage, homesteading, off-the-grid, survivalism, DIY ethic, and the back-to-the-land movement.
Subsistence agriculture was the dominant mode of production in the world until recently, [when?] when market-based capitalism became widespread. [4]Subsistence agriculture largely disappeared in Europe by the beginning of the twentieth century.
Also called resource cost advantage. The ability of a party (whether an individual, firm, or country) to produce a greater quantity of a good, product, or service than competitors using the same amount of resources. absorption The total demand for all final marketed goods and services by all economic agents resident in an economy, regardless of the origin of the goods and services themselves ...
Eudaimonia, or human flourishing, depends on self-sufficiency (αὐτάρκεια, autarkeia), equanimity, arete, love of humanity, parrhesia, and indifference to the vicissitudes of life (adiaphora ἁδιαφορία). [12] Eudaimonia is achieved by living in accord with Nature as understood by human reason.
Rugged individualism, derived from individualism, is a term that indicates that an individual is self-reliant and independent from outside (usually government or some other form of collective) assistance or support.
Increased self-sufficiency reduces dependency on money and the broader economy. [41] Tom Hodgkinson believes the key to a free and simple life is to stop consuming and start producing. [42] Writer and eco-blogger Jennifer Nini left the city to live off-grid, grow food, and "be a part of the solution; not part of the problem." [43]