Forty years ago, The Economist began comparing the prices of a Big Mac around the world to judge whether currencies were too cheap or too expensive. The Big Mac index is celebrating its birthday as leaders from Washington to Beijing are at loggerheads over global imbalances. Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and Edward Carr, deputy editor, are joined by a panel of our experts to discuss burgernomics and what it reveals about today’s lopsided world economy.
03/08/2026 - 04:57 PM
50 min