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9 January, 2005
Did you know that a metalworker in Canada, Finland, Germany or the USA has to work 3-4 minutes to be able to buy 1 kilo of sugar? Whereas he or she has to work ten times as long to buy 1 kilo of sugar in Bulgaria, Colombia or India.
Source: The IMF publication "The Purchasing Power of Working Time - An International Comparison." Sector: Machinery and Equipment.