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c.Real GDP falls becau with fewer workers on the job, firms produce less. This
英语试卷accurately reflects a fall in economic well-being.
d.Real GDP falls becau the firms that lay off workers produce less. This decreas
primeminister>mbaaeconomic well-being becau workers’ incomes fall (the income side), and there are fewer goods for people to buy (the expenditure side).
e.Real GDP is likely to fall, as firms shift toward production methods that produce
fewer goods but emit less pollution. Economic well-being, however, may ri. The economy now produces less measured output but more clean air; clean air is not traded in markets and, thus, does not show up in measured GDP, but is neverthe-less a good that people value.
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f.Real GDP ris becau the high-school students go from an activity in which they
are not producing market goods and rvices to one in which they are. Economic well-being, howev
宁波教育网少儿英语动画片下载er, may decrea. I n ideal national accounts, attending school would show up as investment becau it presumably increas the future produc-tivity of the worker. Actual national accounts do not measure this type of invest-ment. Note also that future GDP may be lower than it would be if the students stayed in school, since the future work force will be less educated.
g.Measured real GDP falls becau fathers spend less time producing market goods
and rvices. The actual production of goods and rvices need not have fallen, however. Measured production (what the fathers are paid to do) falls, but unmea-sured production of child-rearing rvices ris.
9.As Senator Robert Kennedy pointed out, GDP is an imperfect measure of economic per-
formance or well-being. In addition to the left-out items that Kennedy cited, GDP also ignores the imputed rent on durable goods such as cars, refrigerators, and lawnmowers;
美语口语many rvices and products produced as part of houhold activity, such as cooking and cleaning; and the value of goods produced and sold in illegal activities, such as the drug trade. The imperfections in the measurement of GDP do not necessarily reduce its ufulness. As long as the
measurement problems stay constant over time, then GDP is uful in comparing economic activity from year to year. Moreover, a large GDP allows us to afford better medical care for our children, newer books for their education, and more toys for their play. Finally, countries with higher levels of GDP tend to have higher levels of life expectancy, better access to clean water and sanitation, and higher levels of education. GDP is therefore a uful measure for comparing the level of growth and development across countries.
