On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 00:44:05 +0100, "Lou Ravi"
wrote:
>abelard wrote:
>
>> it is highly unlikely that any such list from any rational
>> source would use exchange rates in the comparisons
>
>And how, pray, do you convert it into dollars then? I think that
>requires the use of echange rates don't you?
no, i don't
>However I'd agree that this does tend to make nonsense of the whole
>thing. If a dollar is worth 1.40 UKP or 1.90 the final results will be
>considerably different.
i suggest you look up ppp
purchasing power parity
sighhhhh
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