[adorno]

Some feel that PPP does not reflect reality due to differences in local costs, taxes, tariffs, and competition.

To make a meaningful comparison of prices across countries, a wide range of goods and services must be considered. However, the one-to-one comparison is difficult to achieve due to the sheer amount of data that must be collected and the complexity of the comparisons that must be drawn.

[NorseViking]

It gets fancier the further you get. JDAM costs the Russian military $3,500.
Have you been to Russia at all?
A Moscovite making $1,600 a month is living better than Chicagoan making $80,000 per year.