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If you go out for a steak dinner on payday, you're just doing what the rest of the world does: According to a <a href="http://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2013-august/developing-countries-dominate-world-demand-for-agricultural-products.aspx#.UgqHxGRgYU5">new U.S. Department of Agriculture report</a> on increasing food demand in developing countries, meat consumption correlates strongly with gross domestic product. Which isn't to say cultural factors aren't at play: Brazilians and Argentinians eat way more meat per capita than their prosperity levels would suggest!

Lydia DePillis was a reporter for The Washington Post's Financial desk. She left The Post in April 2016.

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