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As an economist how would you compare living standards in the UK with those in Iraq?
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LIVING STANDARDS As an economist how would you compare living standards in the UK with those in Iraq? Living standards can be measured and therefore compared using many different facts and figures. However living standards are qualitative and therefore very difficult to measure. The most common method of measuring the living standards between UK and Iraq would be to use Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures. GDP is a measure of a country's national income, output or expenditure at current prices. Nominal GDP is calculated without taking reference to inflation whereas Real GDP does take inflation into account, thus Real GDP is a better measure to use when comparing living standards. A lot of factors affect the standard of living a country and affect how that is measured. For instance the populations for both UK and Iraq differ, this would have to be taken into account when comparing both countries. If it wasn't...
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