Macroeconomics: Measuring the Economy · Macroeconomics
Gross Domestic Product
Calculating and critiquing the standard measure of a nation's economic health and output.
Key Questions
- 1What does GDP fail to capture about a nation's well-being?
- 2Who benefits most when real GDP grows faster than the population?
- 3How do unpaid labor and the black market distort economic data?
Common Core State Standards
C3: D2.Eco.10.9-12
Grade: 12th Grade
Subject: Economics
Unit: Macroeconomics: Measuring the Economy
Period: Macroeconomics
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