This is where conventional poverty metrics can be extremely counterproductive. A subsistence farmer could be materially much better off than a homeless or low c

This is where conventional poverty metrics can be extremely counterproductive. A subsistence farmer could be materially much better off than a homeless or low class person in the city, but superficial poverty metrics suggest the opposite because the farmer technically has no income while the homeless person has some amount of welfare support. Whether by accident or not, neoliberal economics says we need fewer farmers and more min wage serfs. Besides, we live in the 21st century, it is possible to be both a remote subsistence farmer and an educated+connected person at the same time, and the efficiency of small scale farming can be massively boosted with the use of modern tech such as networked sensors, camera drones, AI, etc.