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 a bicycle (for average worker):

1895: 6.5 weeks of work . . . 2010: 19 hours of work
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) . . .
The price of illegal immigration (average smuggler fees on Mexican border):

2008: $2600 . . . 2000: $1600 . . . 1990: $500 . . .
The price of a license plate in Abu Dhabi:

$14,000,000 for the “1” plate in a 2008 auction . . . $95 for a regular plate . . .
The price of beauty (United States and Canada):

Wage of a beautiful worker = 1.13 the wage of an ugly worker
The value of unionization:

$148 a week / Wage of a union worker = 1.21 times the wage of a non-union worker
The price of a soccer star:

In 2009 Cristiano Ronaldo earned 16 times what Pele earned in 1960, after inflation.
The price of a banker (Average bonus on Wall Street):

2009: $123,850 . . . 2005: $149,800 . . . 2000: $100,530 . . . 1995: $41,410 . . . 1990: $15,540 . . . 1985: $13,970 . . .
The price of pollution (cost of a ton of co2):

European Climate Exchange: $20 . . . EPA estimate of environmental cost today: $40-$68

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Monday, January 10th, 2011

The (unacknowledged) price of parking

Driving puts a burden on the environment. Burning a gallon of gas releases about 20 pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere, as its carbon content mixes with the oxygen in the air —contributing to the warming of the earth’s atmosphere. … Continue reading →

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Thursday, December 16th, 2010

The price of transporting the obese

By now we’ve all read about the billions of dollars in added health costs due to our rising obesity rate. But what about all the other costs associated with our expanding waistbands? About a third of the American population is … Continue reading →

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