economic growth and inequality Flashcards
(10 cards)
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