Analyzing an argument

Poloti, D. (2001, November 24). Argentina’s Big Mac Attack. New York Times. Retrieved November 27, 2011, from

http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/argentinas-big-mac-attack/

In this article Poloti claims that the curious low price of McDonald's most famous burger means how Argentina government pressures businesses to keep certain prices frozen and manipulates economic statistics in its interest (par. 6). The government tried to influence the Economic Big Mac Index ti hide the truth of world's highest inflation rates (par. 8). Also, the Economist found that the gap between its average annual rate of burger inflation and its official rate is far bigger than in any other country(par.9). Poloti thinks that price-fixing or data-cooking should not be a way to the long term economic problem which has eroded the peso’s competitiveness (par. 11). According to the data the author used, it is a very strong evidence to persuade readers.