The figure of $13 per $5 burger includes other "externalizing" costs and is almost entirely healthcare: https://meatonomics.com/2013/06/24/introducing-a-new-boo

The figure of $13 per $5 burger includes other "externalizing" costs and is almost entirely healthcare: https://meatonomics.com/2013/06/24/introducing-a-new-book-about-the-bizarre-economics-of-meat-and-dairy-production/ https://meatonomics.com/2013/06/24/introducing-a-new-book-ab... The purported subsidies of $38 billion per year divided by the 50 billion burgers per year that everyone seems to think Americans eat (including this author) is less than $1 per burger. (But the $38 billion/year is wrong too ...)