Stern@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoRussia's egg crisis is spiraling out of controlwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1301
arrow-up1301external-linkRussia's egg crisis is spiraling out of controlwww.newsweek.comStern@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareYoorWeb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-29 months agoIt doesn’t work that way. Eggs are not imported from the West and Western prices don’t apply on domestic produce. Russian earnings are nowhere near the Western ones on average.
minus-squarechitak166@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoGlobally speaking though, $1 is still $1. You could just say “Russia is a poorer country than the US” and still get the same point across.
minus-squareDeiv@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoLooks like someone failed economics class
minus-squarechitak166@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoI guess globally speaking, $1 is not $1.
It doesn’t work that way. Eggs are not imported from the West and Western prices don’t apply on domestic produce. Russian earnings are nowhere near the Western ones on average.
Globally speaking though, $1 is still $1.
You could just say “Russia is a poorer country than the US” and still get the same point across.
Looks like someone failed economics class
I guess globally speaking, $1 is not $1.