Is there any up-to-date list of hours of work needed to buy a Big Mac?
I have found only up to 2018.
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I could not find any more recent Big Mac Index in terms of hours worked, and I dont think it is avaiable as wage statistics is usually reported with 1-2 year lag in many countries, but the Economist provides the Big Mac Index in USD, EUR, GBP and few other currencies up to January 2020 and it is being kept up to date with about 1 quarter lag. You can find the index here and raw data for all years here.
Based on their index you can calculate how many hours (or in this case mostly minutes) it takes in some selected countries. For example you can find hourly wages by month in the US for 2020 at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. You will be able to do this for most rich developed countries but not for all countries around the world.
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1$\begingroup$ Note that April 2020 saw a substantial increase in average hourly pay as a side-effect of Covid-19: many higher salaried workers are working from home and being paid while many minimum-wage workers have become unemployed and are not longer in the statistics (though their short-term benefits may exceed their previous wage) $\endgroup$– HenryCommented May 22, 2020 at 12:35
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2$\begingroup$ @1muflon1 McDonald's critics are commonplace these days :) $\endgroup$ Commented May 22, 2020 at 15:24
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1$\begingroup$ @1muflon1 I heard about a similar problem from someone who had an argument with an OP. I assume the user filled out a complaint because SE can identify whether the downvote is specific or not. Anyway, this is very annoying. $\endgroup$ Commented May 22, 2020 at 15:43
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1$\begingroup$ @emeryville I also flagged the last answer this happened to for attention of moderators. To be honest I am not that concerned about the lost rep from all those (-1) downvotes but I feel this undermines the credibility of the system. Also if I hurt someone’s feeling so much to resort to this I wish I could apologize to the person because I try to treat everyone with respect but sometimes constructive criticism might be misconstrued as insult but I don’t try to hurt anyone. If someone’s holding grudge for over a week now I must have seriously unintentionally hurt them that makes me sad in itself $\endgroup$– 1muflon1 ♦Commented May 22, 2020 at 15:51
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1$\begingroup$ Huh, good to know. Anyway, I’m sorry that’s happening to you. It’s not good for the platform. $\endgroup$ Commented May 23, 2020 at 18:19