Economic Measuring Growth
Standard of Living
Factors Influencing Economic Growth
Productivity and Growth
POT-POURRI
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What is the dollar amount of real GDP produced on a per person basis ?
real GDP per capita
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What is the tax that taxes the incomes and properties ?
taxe base
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What are the resources that can be replenished for future use?
renewable resources
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What is the amount of output produced per unit of labor input ?
labor productivity
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What is the difference between GDP and GDP per capita?
GDP is gross domestic product, the total economic output of a country, the amount of money a country makes. GDP per capita is the total output divided by the number of people in the population, so you can get a figure of the average output of each person, (the average amount of money each person makes).
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How do you measure economic growth ? and what does it stand for?
GDP , Gross Domestic Product
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How does economic growth benefit a country ?
standard of living , government spending, domestic problems, helping other nations, global role model.
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What are the factors that influence the economic growth?
Land, Capital, Entrepreneur, Labor
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What does productivity refer to ?
The efficient use of inputs to create goods and services.
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What does economic growth raise? (there are four answers)
standard of living ,employment ,tax base, the economies of other nations
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What is growth triangle?
a table that shows annual compound rates of growth between selective periods of time.
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What does a free enterprise system allow?
more attention to families, hobbies, and recreational activities.
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What is the size of the labor force dependent on?
population size
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If productivity grows , does the entire economy benefit? Yes/No and why?
Yes, it grows because people produce relatively more with the same amount of inputs so prices stay low
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What is the difference between a "Consumer Good" and a "Capital Good" ?
Consumer Good: are intended for final use by consumer Capital Good: items used in the creation of other goods (factory machinery, trucks, etc.)
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Which are the statistics about GDP that we hear most often in media?
Changes in real GDP , on a quarterly or annual basis.
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Based on what do you measure the standard of living?
Based on possessions of necessities and luxuries that make life easier.
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Why are entrepreneurs important in an economy?
They are willing to innovate and take risks.
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If productivity falters (breaks) , what happens to the economy? and what happens if you decline labor productivity, which rises the price level?
The economy fails , making foreign-made goods cheaper than goods made at home.
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How does opportunity cost affect decision making?
The concept of opportunity allows you to manage your resources in the best possible way.
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If there is a growing population, are there period of more severe or less severe that appear when measured in terms of real GDP?
more severe because real GDP per capita rises slower than real GDP , whenever population is growing.
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What is the major feature of free enterprise of economy?
the ability to increase real per capita output enough to allow people to raise the standard of living.
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If you are too poor to save money, how can your income rise?
By investing in capital goods.
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Why do we measure productivity?
Mesure productivity will help people understand the long term improvements , standards and economic performance of a country
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What is one way to offset a labor shortage?
to hire workers from other countries.
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