Friday, January 23, 2015

What The Wealthy Eat At Davos

Billionaires may live in a world untroubled by such petty concerns as rising costs of living and declining real wages, but like everyone else they have to eat. And pay. The picture below shows what the menu prices, in Swiss Francs, are for various meals offered for sale to the billionaires and other upper class "luminaries" currently congregating in Davos.  Some examples converted to USD: Hot Dog: $43; Burger: $47; Caesar salad: $55:



I've been to Switzerland a couple times, and it is a very expensive country compared to the US. And the Swiss do charge visitors more than the locals pay for the same food (I was told that by a Swiss citizen).


Even so, this menu should make it obvious that those who meet at Davos live in a totally different world than the rest of us ... a world which they are quite likely to defend against the need of the many.

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