Many already subsist on the mere threshold of survival .
许多人早已是仅仅能够维持生存。
And how do the poor subsist on such a meagre amount ?
穷人又是怎样靠这般小数目维持生活的？
More than two-fifths of all africans still subsist on $ 1.25 a day .
超过五分之二的非洲人仍然靠每天1.25美元艰难度日。
According to malthusian logic , if you improve people 's ability to subsist on low incomes , the subsistence income falls as it has in africa , mr clark points out .
But public debt is ultimately a private burden : governments subsist by taxing private income and wealth , or through the ultimate capital levy of inflation or outright default .
