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Here is a great website that gives a glimpse into the economic life of families across the globe. https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street/matrix
Very informative and interesting. I can learn a lot from this.
For example, looking at the Chinese family with income of $10K/month on the top row, rightmost column:
The Bi family purchases all their food supplies from the local market, which costs 30% of their income. The drinking water is purchased from the market and gets delivered to their house, costing up to 10% of their income.
Wow! Water costing them $1K/month? I knew China had a problem with water availability, but did not know it was this bad. And what's the problem with food?
Makes me appreciate life in the US more. We have so much resource to be able to waste everything.
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