[chii]

> The US represents less than 34% of global research

and yet, the US has about 5% of the world's population. So proportionally, they are punching way above their weight.

[din-9]

It would be fairer to compare by wealth, where the USA is at 30.2%

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_wea...

[jpadkins]

if you use wealth, we are a back at why americans spend more on per captia than any other countries: because they can (because they are wealthier).

Healthcare, especially in older population, starts to behave like a luxury good at upper ends of cost / care.

[dwaltrip]

US healthcare costs are similar to other developed countries once normalized by per capita GDP?

I thought they were still higher.

[hnbad]

And 25% of the world's prison population. Do we want to keep this stats dump going or did you have a point?