What Donald Trump can learn from the Big Mac index
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Little is more symbolic of globalisation than a McDonald’s hamburger. The American fast-food chain opened its first Chinese branch in 1990. The outlet was in Shenzhen, a small town just across the border from Hong Kong, which was home to the country’s original “Special Economic Zone”—an area where the Chinese government could try market liberalisation before rolling it out to the rest of the country. The Big Mac was a little piece of American capitalism in a communist country.
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This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Milkshake and lies”
Finance & economics January 27th 2024
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- What Donald Trump can learn from the Big Mac index
- Why sweet treats are increasingly expensive
- How American states squeeze athletes (and remote workers)
- As China’s markets suffer, what alternatives do investors have?
- The false promise of friendshoring
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