economic growth and inequality Flashcards
economic incentives
choosing outcomes that improve your welfare and how does choices are shaped by market and policy.
nominal gdp
measures in current currency amounts- doesn’t account for inflation
purchasing power parity
important for measuring changes across countries and time.
what does gdp measure?
market value of all finished goods within a country.
finished good
will not be sold again as part of another good
intermediate good
will be used to make something else that will be sold (egg in a cake)
capital good
used to produce other goods but not a part of them (transportation)
gdp formula
consumer spending + investment in capital goods + government spending on finished goods + (export - import)
economic growth formula
% change in GDP = gdp 2020 - gpd 2019 / gdp 2019 x 100
capitalism (3)
private property, markets, firms