How long to earn a Big Mac?

[incanada1234 0]

How much does a Big Mac cost?

Approx. 1 year of your life.

[jordanianprincess 0]

How much does a Big Mac cost?

Approx. 1 year of your life.

and 2 hours at the gym

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

How much does a Big Mac cost?

The Hamburger Standard

http://www.oanda.com/products/bigmac/bigmac.shtml

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I think a "loaf of bread" or " head of cabbage" index would be more useful. There are too many societal factors that would contribute to the value of a Big Mac.

Just the opposite. McDonalds has turned cooking and selling a hamburger into a finite science.

But let's compare, say, the U.S. and Morocco. In the U.S., a Big Mac is a normal good at low incomes, but an inferior good at high incomes, while in Morocco, I'm guessing that a Big Mac is a normal good at all income levels. That is to say, using average incomes in the U.S. to calculate the Big Mac index will give you an inflated representation of the value of the Big Mac when compared to the value of a Big Mac in Morocco, no?

Not a perfect system. But McDonalds will price the Big Mac to maximize profit (which is really sales because they work on volume). I didn't invent the Big Mac index. The 'Economist" did.

http://www.economist.com/markets/Bigmac/Index.cfm

They used to put it on special for 99 cents which meant they were taking a loss but I'm sure they absorbed the cost by raising their drinks and fries.

[Garfield fan 0]

It takes 86 minutes in Jakarta... yikes ! Well, that explains why we don't have as many overweighed people back home...

[iceyspots 0]

It takes 86 minutes in Jakarta... yikes ! Well, that explains why we don't have as many overweighed people back home...

86 minutes of physical labor would burn enough calories to break even by eating a big mac lol