This a fascinating question, to which the overriding answer must be: There is no one right way for people to live. Just as there is no one right way for birds to build a nest or for spiders to weave a web, there is no one right way for people to “make a living.”

A study of the anthropological literature would probably reveal hundreds or even thousands of models pursued by Leaver peoples of the world.

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Posted: 08 Feb 1997