Hamburger Economics: What We Can Learn from the ‘Big Mac’ Index

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: Jonathan B Spira <jonathan.spira () accuramediagroup com>
Date: Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 1:23 AM
Subject: Hamburger Economics: What We Can Learn from the ‘Big Mac’ Index
To: dfarber <dave () farber net>


Dave





A somewhat light-hearted look at The Economist's

light-hearted Big Mac Index:




*HamburgerEconomics: What We Can Learn from the ‘Big Mac’ Index*
<http://www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com/2017/01/hamburger-economics-what-we-can-learn-from-the-big-mac-index/>


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I’ve long been an admirer of The Economist’s Big

Mac Index, introduced as a light-hearted way of comparing the purchasing

power between different currencies across the globe.


Since its inception in 1986 (and I’m quite certain that its creators never

envisioned it as a global standard that has been cited in numerous papers

and economics textbooks), it’s not only been a great tool to gauge currency

misalignment but also to see what … <SNIP>








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/s/ Jonathan



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