Monday, April 14, 2008

the big mac index...

Economist came up with this funda long time back...20 years to the date. the big mac index. damn intelligent, they compared the price of a McBurger in different countires, at that point it was selling in 120 countries, and using that comparison, found out where it was cheaper. kind of Purchaing Power Parity (PPP) which is the economists way of comparing the purchasing power of people in different countries. but the big mac index works better as it takes the input costs, and all other factors (transportation etc) into consideration.
anyways, with the 9th standard economics course that i have done. here is an extension to this theory....
what if we measure how much a person working in a Mcdonalds makes, and also measure the price of a Mcburger. Dividing the first by the second will give us the number of burgers a person can buy per month.
Also we find out how many Mcburgers a person needs to survive. So we find out how many calories a person needs daily, monthly, and how many a single Mcburger provides and using that find out how many Mcburgers a person needs to survive.
Now we have two figures, and equating them, we can find out whether a person is making enough to survive or not. and what else do we need to know??!?
thing about it, what else do you need. if you make enough to survive, then what else do you need. if the ratio after equating becomes more then 1, then u give away the extra to people whoes ratio is less then 1. communist way...!
just a theory...
take care.

2 comments:

Rishabh said...

dude.....i am wondering as to how many McShakes did u gulp down your throat before coming up with this theory.....

Biology was not your favourite subject in school... was it ? I mean seriously....a month on just McD burgers....u wudnt wanna see every person walking past u doing a belly dance....wud u ?....

all said and done.... if ever u choose to put this in practice.... i wud not mind being the guinea pig..;-).....

btw... what flavour did u say the McShake was ? green apple twist or
citrus...;-)....

rituparna said...

u forgot the money needed to put a shelter over your head...not to mention the medical bills ull have to pay if usurvive on burgers

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