Comments on: Big Macs, Happiness, and Economic Development http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2010/07/27/big-macs-happiness-and-economic-development/ The source on how we live, work and play Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael Wells http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2010/07/27/big-macs-happiness-and-economic-development/comment-page-1/#comment-26273 Michael Wells Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:26:47 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=15406#comment-26273 Of course Sweden isn't Norway, but MacDonalds keeps popping up in the Stieg Larsson books (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, etc.) The characters seem to alternate between junk and ethnic foods. Three books and not one smorgasbord mention. Nor any vegetables that I can remember, probably a very short growing season. In one of the books there's a substory about the high cost of housing in Sweden. The average household budget by categories in Scandanavia is probably significantly different than the US. Of course Sweden isn’t Norway, but MacDonalds keeps popping up in the Stieg Larsson books (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, etc.) The characters seem to alternate between junk and ethnic foods. Three books and not one smorgasbord mention. Nor any vegetables that I can remember, probably a very short growing season.

In one of the books there’s a substory about the high cost of housing in Sweden. The average household budget by categories in Scandanavia is probably significantly different than the US.

]]> By: Charlotta http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2010/07/27/big-macs-happiness-and-economic-development/comment-page-1/#comment-26252 Charlotta Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:33:52 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=15406#comment-26252 Michael--You'd be surprised to see the food costs in Norway. Mac Donalds is the only thing you can afford if you come from somewhere else :-) Michael–You’d be surprised to see the food costs in Norway. Mac Donalds is the only thing you can afford if you come from somewhere else :-)

]]> By: Michael Wells http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2010/07/27/big-macs-happiness-and-economic-development/comment-page-1/#comment-26240 Michael Wells Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:11:29 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=15406#comment-26240 I wonder what real food costs in Norway? In the US you'd have to be nuts to pay $7.20 for a Big Mac, you can get much better food for that price. I wonder what real food costs in Norway? In the US you’d have to be nuts to pay $7.20 for a Big Mac, you can get much better food for that price.

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