509 Calories Today
The world GDP per capita is 17,000$. That goes from 700$ in Burundi to 140,000$ in Lichtenstein. This means than anybody who earns more than 15,000€ per year should consider themselves lucky as they are in the upper half of the divide. However, we see (Yellow Jacket for example) many cases of people being in the richer half of the divide and yet complaining that they don't have enough. 15,000€ is quite comfortable for an Indian in Calcutta but is a pauper's wage for a French person in Rouen. Most of the world's population is much richer (materially) then has ever been the case in the past. People on minimum wage in France usually have:
The world GDP per capita is 17,000$. That goes from 700$ in Burundi to 140,000$ in Lichtenstein. This means than anybody who earns more than 15,000€ per year should consider themselves lucky as they are in the upper half of the divide. However, we see (Yellow Jacket for example) many cases of people being in the richer half of the divide and yet complaining that they don't have enough. 15,000€ is quite comfortable for an Indian in Calcutta but is a pauper's wage for a French person in Rouen. Most of the world's population is much richer (materially) then has ever been the case in the past. People on minimum wage in France usually have:
- a car,
- a mobile phone
- a flat screen colour TV
- a washing machine
- running water
- access to practically free healthcare
- 5-6 weeks holiday,
None of these things would have been remotely accessible or even imaginable to 90% of the population 100 years ago. The salary of a basic employee in 1919 was probably the equivalent to 200€ a month in today's value for a 12 hour day with no holiday (and they probably considered themselves lucky to have a job). So where does it stop? At what point does humanity consider that is has enough? When the ressources run out ?
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