Rice farming is still the traditional way to get by, if you aren't part of the tourist industry.  It's not a pleasant way to live, although a balance  is maintained. My driver, an intelligent and ambitious man, explained to me that in Bali, we only work 8 hours a day.  He was quite worried about financial troubles lately, with a wife and baby and unpredictable income; his missed his rent again this month.  I asked him what he would do if he could not keep his house in the city.  We don't go hungry here, he said.  There is plenty of rice, and people always have their families to live with.  Still, there are too many people with the same skills, and not enough growth in tourism to sustain new families.