Vanilla smile and a gorgeous strawberry kiss

[venta]

Yesterday, I invited people to play Be Surprised By The Price of Confectionery. And many of you did, thank you.

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[exspelunca]

Wonder if economists, wanting to make price comparisons without the hassle of exchange rates, still use numbers of Mars bars to compare prices. This begs the question of whether Mars bars themselves are a strict comparison in terms of price across the world but, then, get two economists and you've got three opinions.

[venta]

A definition I found yesterday of economics:

The science of explaining tomorrow why the predictions you made yesterday didn't come true today.

[venta]

Even if the actual bar has changed size, I still think the concept of "a Mars bar" could be a useful thing. So long as you aren't using it as an actual substitute for an exchange rate.

[nalsa]

Post-apocalype, the Mars Bar will become a unit of currency. One hopes.

[venta]

Briefly :)

Unless it is the sort of apocalypse that leaves our industrial manufacturing processes intact.

[nalsa]

Nah, there'll be stashes of them in secret locations, and we'll be put on the Mars Bar standard once postapocalyptic economics start rolling again. People will be arrested for making counterfiet ones in illicit kitchens, and the sight of a human in chefs whites pursued by a 'caramel runner' down brick-strewn suburban streets will become common.