Growth: Defintion Flashcards
Growth
Increase in the production of economic goods and services, compared to one period of time to another.
Measurement of GDP
Real GDP
Net Social Welfare
Productive Capacity
Real GDP
Shows the standard of living in an economy.
What is being produced.
How income Is distributed.
Impact on the environment.
How much production is illegal or undeclared to the economy.
How evenly wealth is distributed.
Nominal GDP
The value of all goods and services produce in a year, is measured in current year dollar.
Real GDP
The nominal GDP adjusted for changes in price level. Shows the actual production increase.
Production
How much is produced in total.
Productivity
How much is produced in total of input.
Productive capacity
How much could be produced with the resources available.
Net Social Welfare
Is a measure of growth includes both economic and non- economic factors.
Economic: values of goods and services produced.
Non-economic: environmental factors, level of pollution, impacts access of public facilities (education).
Income distribution
How evenly the total income in the country is shared amongst the population.
Public facilities
Places or services available for everyone to access, schools, hospitals, parks….
Human development Index
Measure and compare a country is social and economic development with those of other countries.
Health (Life expectancy at birth)
Education (expected years of schooling)
Income levels