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The cost of inequality
THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING
EDUARDO PORTER
The price of life:
Japan: $12.3 million
United States: $7.5 million
Hong Kong: $2.2 million
South Korea: $1.1 million
Mexico City: $365,000
The price of food (share of family budget):
USA: 9.7% . . .
UK: 16.3% . . .
Brazil: 22.7% . . .
Bolivia: 42.5% . . .
Indonesia: 50.6% . . .
Albania: 69.2% . . . The price of work (dollars per hour):
USA: $40 . . .
Korea: $18 . . .
Netherlands: $36 . . .
Spain: $26 . . . The price of addiction (annual spending on tobacco):
Mexico: $87 . . .
Serbia: $119 . . .
Turkey: $220 . . .
Australia: $241 . . .
Germany: $266 . . .
USA: $274 . . .
Portugal: $320 . . .
Japan: $519 . . .
Greece: $718 . . . The price of inebriation (annual alcohol purchases as a share of individual spending):
Turkey: 0.1% ($7) . . .
South Korea: 0.3% ($37) . . .
Japan: 1% ($204) . . .
US: 1.1% ($341) . . .
Portugal: 1.1% ($174) . . .
Australia: 1.3% ($286) . . .
France:1.5% ($333) . . .
Germany: 1.8% ($410) . . .
Luxembourg: 2.4% ($820) . . .
Russia: 3.5% ($280) . . .