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What is "real" GDP? Explain the view that, other things being equal, a larger real GDP means greater social welfare. Under what circumstances might real GDP and social welfare change in opposite directions?
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... What is "real" GDP? Explain the view that, other things being equal, a larger real GDP means greater social welfare. Under what circumstances might real GDP and social welfare change in opposite directions? Word Count: 826 In hope to monitor changes in social welfare and well-being of the population, Macroeconomics officially measures a country's economic activity through real Gross Domestic Product, or real GDP.1 It is a common view that, ceteris paribus, a larger real GDP per capita reflects greater social welfare2, but due to unequal distribution of resources, social costs of production, poor accuracy of measurement and unofficial market transactions that real GDP per capita fails to take into account, there are obvious limitations to this assumption and its reliability as a welfare measure. Calculated as the sum of consumer spending, investment, government
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