[mattmanser]

I don't think so, it's about relative cost. Everything is so much more expensive in richer countries, but comparatively speaking, cars, TVs, phones are much cheaper.

Like a phone is £20, but a weekly shop for a family might be £100. A TV might be £250, but rent is £500.

So you can be in the paradoxical situation of being able to afford to buy a phone or a TV one month, then next month run out of money for food or rent.