Apr 19 2008

The dollar’s weak… no, wait, it’s strong!

Published by at 8:26 pm under Big Macs,Currency,Exchange Rates,Foreign exchange markets

I like this commercial. It teaches us nothing about economics, but it’s amusing and brings some light to a rather dismal outlook for the US economy and falling dollar…

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About the author:  Jason Welker teaches International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement Economics at Zurich International School in Switzerland. In addition to publishing various online resources for economics students and teachers, Jason developed the online version of the Economics course for the IB and is has authored two Economics textbooks: Pearson Baccalaureate’s Economics for the IB Diploma and REA’s AP Macroeconomics Crash Course. Jason is a native of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and is a passionate adventurer, who considers himself a skier / mountain biker who teaches Economics in his free time. He and his wife keep a ski chalet in the mountains of Northern Idaho, which now that they live in the Swiss Alps gets far too little use. Read more posts by this author

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11 responses so far

11 Responses to “The dollar’s weak… no, wait, it’s strong!”

  1. # alicesuNo Gravataron 20 Apr 2008 at 10:32 am

    HAHAH aww that's so cute

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  2. # ElaineLungNo Gravataron 21 Apr 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Oh if only our economy were measured by the taste of a McDonald's cheeseburger.

    Oh wait.

    They taste like crap.

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  3. # Drew VenkatramanNo Gravataron 21 Apr 2008 at 10:33 pm

    Great commercial. i think your right, no economic content but hilarious and informational!

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  4. # Caleb LiaoNo Gravataron 22 Apr 2008 at 11:51 am

    Yeah I agree. Its so funny but … really not at all relevant to economics.

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  5. # Christina HuNo Gravataron 24 Apr 2008 at 9:38 pm

    mmm.. miss US McDonalds. That strawberry/blueberry yogurt thing looks SOOO good.

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  6. # Jessica NgNo Gravataron 28 Apr 2008 at 2:21 am

    HAHA so witty…

    but like Elaine said, Big Macs are gross. guess the dollar's still pretty weak

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  7. # Tim ChuNo Gravataron 28 Apr 2008 at 6:47 pm

    dude. the day after prom, you have no idea how good a big mac and a coke tasted… amazing. just amazing.

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  8. # Calvin LuNo Gravataron 29 Apr 2008 at 1:22 am

    lol good commercial, fits the doller crisis that going on in the states right now, so should be pretty effective.

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  9. # MondNo Gravataron 29 Apr 2008 at 6:35 pm

    hahaha commercials don't get much lamer than this one. Big macs are tasty stuff.

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  10. # Dana Y.No Gravataron 30 Apr 2008 at 3:36 am

    Haha. This makes me so hungry. Dollar's looking pretty good to me too.

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  11. # Bjorn KNo Gravataron 18 Apr 2010 at 9:17 pm

    This commercial sums up the importance of a weak dollar. Although the dollar is weak in relation to other foreign currencies, with a mcdonald's menu for a 1 dollar, the dollar's getting stronger by the day…..

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