jeffw@lemmy.world to Business@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago$15 Big Macs: As inflation drives up fast food prices, map shows how they differ nationwidewww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down12
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-link$15 Big Macs: As inflation drives up fast food prices, map shows how they differ nationwidewww.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Business@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareBigTrout75@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoSo are Big Macs are our gold standard now? Guess I’ll stop paying attention to barrel prices of crude oil.
minus-squareemmanuel_car@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoI mean, the Big Mac index has been around since 1986, so not exactly a new concept
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoAs another commenter said, the Big Mac index has been used by economists. Not sure why you’d use crude oil in a discussion about fast food prices though?
So are Big Macs are our gold standard now? Guess I’ll stop paying attention to barrel prices of crude oil.
I mean, the Big Mac index has been around since 1986, so not exactly a new concept
As another commenter said, the Big Mac index has been used by economists.
Not sure why you’d use crude oil in a discussion about fast food prices though?