[iKevinShah]

"It is a matter of education and resources"

Education? Sure, but resources are in no way low in Brazil unless you mean very specific resource(s).

[cm2012]

GDP per capita is $8600 compared to USA $57000. It's all relative.

[Retric]

It’s closer to 15,000 in terms of PPP. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PP...

But even 8,600 is high relative to the US in 1920’s when the economy was seen as booming. In many ways it’s the perception of wealth and a poor social safty net that’s at issue not resources.

[southerndrift]

It's relative all the way down: the resources to mark the hole are cheaper, too.