Economics of Obesity

I see a lot of ridiculous surveys come up in the news on a daily basis. I see them and always come up with better ideas for surveys. Well I came up with one today. I was reading somewhere about the rising prices of wheat, corn and milk etc., because of increasing demand from Asia and use of these things for other purposes (eg. Ethanol production). Also a number human beings are gaining weight and of course the world population growth. All this brings in more demand and when demand rises non-proportional to supply, prices go up (Basic Economics). Well Population growth will be taken care of by the superpowers when things get ugly on the third rock or we are introduced to aliens, but what does the over weight people doing to the demand? why does we have to pay a dollar for a Big Mac? why not 50 cents? anyway somebody should find out. I do not know if somebody has already found out but if not this might be helpful information, this might be a good project for an MBA or an Economics student class.

What's in a name? 60+ years of a country's history

What's in a name? Well the next time you raise this question, remember the following.......

Sonia Antonia Maino a.k.a. Sonia Gandhi (religious affiliation Christianity) W/O Rajiv Gandhi F/O Rahul Gandhi CB/O Varun Gandhi S/O Maneka Gandhi (religious affiliation Sikhism) W/O Sanjay Gandhi S/O Feroze Gandy a.k.a. Feroze Gandhi (religious affiliation Zoroastrianism) H/O Indira Priyadarshini a.k.a. Indira Gandhi D/O Jawaharlal Nehru S/O Motilal Nehru (religious affiliation Hinduism)


Forbes..........thoughts........
Sonia Antonia Maino - Nobody
Sonia Gandhi - World's 6th most Powerful Woman (2007)

I was considering religious affiliations at birth, I could not come up with religious affiliations for some people mentioned above, reason being bit too confusing for me.

Also, if you know the list of Indian Prime Minister's, you may come to a conclusion that a donkey has a better chance when he/she is from Gandhi family than yourself, if you both are considering to contest for India's Prime Ministership. Sorry Sonia, truth hurts baby.