Today, I was in Poundland (no, I'm not a chav , chavs call me a "goffick dikhead" in fact, but anway), and brought a pack of 4 Colgate tooth brushes, obviously being from Poundland, for a pound a pack. I didn't think much of it till I got home and inspected them closer, they had Vietnamese writting all over them (indicating they were from the Vietnamese market) and with the price 10,000 D for 4. I soon did a conversion from Vietnamese Dong to British pounds and it comes out at 35p a pack, in Tesco (equvilent to Walmart for you Americans) a pack costs about £3.99.

So, in theory, things are cheaper in countries which have lower wages so don't they have the same standard of living because they can get just as much because things are cheaper?