• elrik@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    We need more comparisons using this “BM per hour” unit.

    US Median Annual Household Income

    1980: $21,020 or 4.8 BM/hr

    2022: $74,580 or 1.1 BM/hr

    US GDP

    1980: $2,857B or 650M BM/hr

    2022: $25,440B or 363M BM/hr

    US Defense Budget

    1980: $144B or 33M BM/hr

    2022: $877B or 13M BM/hr