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mens underwear index( MUI ):: is used to indicate the fact that when the economy is flat and stable so is the sale of underwear in a country ! when economy is tight so do men hold on to their underwear tightly ! critics say that this no correlation as men anyways don't change underwear in a hurry ! :) coca cola index :: consumption of coca cola has been used as an indicator of the wealth of a country , its seen that higher the wealth of a country , higher the consumption ! as the graph ( by the side ) indicates ...theres also a measure of PPP , ie purchasing price parity that a bottle of coke cost is used for , so costlier a bottle of coke the more developed the country , so is the theory atleast ! Big Mac index :: The burger methodology has limitations in its estimates of the PPP. In many countries, eating at international fast-food chain restaurants such as McDonald is relatively expensive in comparison to eating at a local restaurant, and the demand for Big Macs is not as lar...