How many minutes do people in your city have to work to buy a Big Mac?
From The Economist, a chart showing "how long it takes a worker on the average net wage to earn the price of a Big Mac in 73 cities."
The more important question is how long you have to work to eat something less gross than a Big Mac, of course.
An alternative Big Mac Index (via Digg)
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Cory Doctorow
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