India never fully Shared Gandhi's dream of a small-scale, self-sufficient economy, its swadeshi (own-country) garments made of hand-spun yarn hand-woven on home looms.

印度从未真正去实现甘地自给自足的小农经济梦想，从未真正去让衣服全部由家里手工缝制。

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The swift growth of this merchant marine diversified the northern colonial economy and made it more self-sufficient.

这艘商船的迅速发展使北方殖民地经济多样化，使其自给自足的能力更强。

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After 1815 improved transportation enabled more and more western farmers to escape a self-sufficient way of life and enter a national market economy.

1815年以后，交通的改善使越来越多的西方农民摆脱了自给自足的生活方式，进入了国家市场经济。

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Some want the state to become more self-sufficient, and advocate a return to an agricultural economy.

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The village's economy runs on barter, though most households seem self-sufficient.

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