Subsistence economy. A subsistence economy is a non-monetary economy which relies on natural resources to provide for basic needs, through hunting, gathering, and subsistence agriculture. Subsistence means supporting oneself at a minimum level; in a subsistence economy, economic surplus is minimal and only used to trade for basic goods, and there is no industrialization. In the history of the world, before the first cities, all humans lived in a subsistence economy.
That includes labor and material. You can buy the fence materials, cement and a comealong, a specialty tool that stretches the mesh on its frame, at a home or yard center for $690 and build the fence. You'll save 44 percent of the cost of building a chain link fence by doing it yourself.The job involves laying out the fence, digging postholes, pouring and mixing concrete, and stretching the mesh across the frame.ou'll save 44 percent of the cost of building a chain link fence by doing it yourself. The job involves laying out the fence, digging postholes, pouring and mixing concrete, and stretching the mesh across the frame.
According to a Government Accountability Office 2009 report, the cost to build 1 mile of fencing at the border averaged between $2.8 million and $3.9 million. But that figure may be low relative to costs for future sections of the wall.he actual cost for the rest of the border wall (roughly 1,300 miles) could be as high as $16 million per mile, with a total price tag of $15 billion to $25 billion.