Stern@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoRussia's egg crisis is spiraling out of controlwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1301
arrow-up1301external-linkRussia's egg crisis is spiraling out of controlwww.newsweek.comStern@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squarechitak166@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoThat’s crazy. Those are still just a little bit cheaper than a dozen eggs at Walmart.
minus-squareYoorWeb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-21 year 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-up1·1 year 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-up4·1 year agoLooks like someone failed economics class
minus-squarechitak166@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI guess globally speaking, $1 is not $1.
That’s crazy.
Those are still just a little bit cheaper than a dozen eggs at Walmart.
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.