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The change divided by previous real GDP must be multiplied by 100%."}]},{"id":"3803e9b5-e195-41f0-8d9b-b7f9d73ccb74","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why can nominal GDP rise when output is unchanged?","back":"Because higher prices increase the money value of unchanged output.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Because higher prices increase the money value of unchanged output.","correct":true,"explanation":"Nominal GDP values output at current prices, so inflation raises the recorded money value even when the physical quantity of goods and services remains unchanged."},{"text":"Because higher productivity increases the money value of unchanged output.","correct":false,"explanation":"Higher productivity would normally change the quantity producible from given inputs, contradicting unchanged output. Nominal GDP can rise because higher prices increase its money value."},{"text":"Because population growth increases the money value of unchanged output.","correct":false,"explanation":"A larger population does not automatically change the value of a fixed quantity of output. Higher prices can raise nominal GDP while output remains unchanged."},{"text":"Because lower interest rates increase the money value of unchanged output.","correct":false,"explanation":"Lower interest rates may stimulate spending and future production, but they do not directly revalue unchanged output. Higher prices raise its nominal money value."}]},{"id":"33abd603-3e22-418d-949c-02a77ee14fd1","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Real GDP rises from £2,000bn to £2,060bn. What is economic growth?","back":"3%.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"3%.","correct":true,"explanation":"Real GDP increases by £60bn, and £60bn divided by the initial £2,000bn equals 0.03. 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Value: money total of output
Volume: physical quantity of output

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Value: money total of output
Volume: physical quantity of output

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Value: physical quantity of output
Volume: money total of output

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Value: money total of output
Volume: average price of output

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Value: output produced per person
Volume: output at current prices

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GDP: output produced within national borders
GNI: residents' income, including net income from abroad

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GDP: output produced within national borders
GNI: residents' income, including net income from abroad

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GDP: residents' output, including net income from abroad
GNI: output produced within national borders

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GDP: output produced by domestic-owned firms worldwide
GNI: output produced within national borders

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GDP: residents' income from domestic production only
GNI: residents' income excluding foreign earnings

","correct":false,"explanation":"Both definitions wrongly restrict the measures to residents and exclude foreign earnings. GDP records production within borders, whereas GNI includes residents' net income from abroad."}]},{"id":"28162057-16a7-4581-bece-e1455238519e","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Gross National Income is $$\\text{[...]}$$","back":"Gross National Income is $$\\boxed{\\text{GNI}=\\text{GDP}+\\text{net income from abroad}}$$","mcqOptions":[{"text":"$$$\\text{GNI}=\\text{GDP}+\\text{net income from abroad}$$","correct":true,"explanation":"GNI equals GDP plus net income from abroad because it converts a measure of domestic production into residents' total income by adding income received from abroad and subtracting income paid abroad."},{"text":"$$$\\text{GNI}=\\text{GDP}-\\text{net income from abroad}$$","correct":false,"explanation":"The subtraction reverses the relationship. 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GNI is GDP plus net income from abroad."}]},{"id":"0b4a4af7-f824-4f85-99f6-5b966433489d","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"When can a country's GDP and GNI differ substantially?","back":"When there are large net income flows across borders.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"When there are large net income flows across borders.","correct":true,"explanation":"GDP records production within national borders, whereas GNI records residents' income. Large cross-border flows of income, such as profits, wages or investment returns, can therefore create a substantial difference."},{"text":"When there are large goods flows across borders.","correct":false,"explanation":"Goods crossing borders affect exports and imports in GDP, but they do not automatically create a GDP-GNI difference. The key factor is large net income flows across borders."},{"text":"When there are large population flows across borders.","correct":false,"explanation":"Migration may affect population and residents' income, but population movement alone is not the definition of the GDP-GNI gap. The direct cause is large net income flows across borders."},{"text":"When there are large price changes across borders.","correct":false,"explanation":"Different price levels affect purchasing-power comparisons, not the basic distinction between GDP and GNI. They differ substantially when net income flows across borders are large."}]},{"id":"04d1275a-de4d-426b-bc02-d2d861d86f1f","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why does PPP give fairer international living-standard comparisons than market exchange rates?","back":"It accounts for differences in local prices and purchasing power.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"It accounts for differences in local prices and purchasing power.","correct":true,"explanation":"PPP converts incomes using the quantities of goods and services they can buy locally, allowing for different price levels and giving a fairer comparison of material living standards."},{"text":"It accounts for differences in interest rates and borrowing costs.","correct":false,"explanation":"Interest rates affect saving and borrowing, but PPP is not designed to adjust for them. PPP gives fairer comparisons by accounting for local prices and purchasing power."},{"text":"It accounts for differences in tax rates and public spending.","correct":false,"explanation":"PPP does not directly measure taxation or the value of public services. Its advantage over market exchange rates is that it accounts for local prices and purchasing power."},{"text":"It accounts for differences in exports and import volumes.","correct":false,"explanation":"Trade volumes are not the basis of PPP conversion. PPP compares currencies according to the prices of equivalent goods and services and their resulting purchasing power."}]},{"id":"ce9b233e-3677-4874-ac9f-ae82b56d6ecd","cardType":"basic","points":3,"front":"How should GDP figures be made comparable across countries and time?","back":"Figures should be real, per capita and in a common currency.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Figures should be real, per capita and in a common currency.","correct":true,"explanation":"Real figures remove inflation, per-capita figures account for population size, and a common currency allows conversion between countries. Together these adjustments improve comparisons across time and countries."},{"text":"Figures should be nominal, total and in a common currency.","correct":false,"explanation":"Nominal figures include inflation and total figures ignore population size, so both can mislead comparisons. Real, per-capita figures in a common currency are more appropriate."},{"text":"Figures should be real, per capita and in local currencies.","correct":false,"explanation":"Real and per-capita adjustments are useful, but local currencies are not directly comparable across countries. The figures also need to be expressed in a common currency."},{"text":"Figures should be nominal, per capita and in a common currency.","correct":false,"explanation":"Per-capita figures and a common currency help, but nominal values are distorted by inflation. Figures should be real as well as per capita and expressed in a common currency."}]},{"id":"90f63d33-f23b-48da-8344-a657a73d2533","cardType":"basic","points":3,"front":"Why do international GDP comparisons remain imperfect after PPP adjustment?","back":"

Data reliability differs
Informal economies vary in size
Income distributions differ

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Data reliability differs
Informal economies vary in size
Income distributions differ

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Data reliability is identical
Informal economies are absent
Income distributions are identical

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Market exchange rates differ
Informal economies vary in size
Income distributions differ

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Data reliability differs
Formal economies vary in size
Income distributions differ

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Official GDP includes measured services and digital production, but understates activity when unpaid household work and hidden-economy output are omitted."},{"text":"It excludes government spending and public-sector output.","correct":false,"explanation":"Government spending and public services are included in GDP, often using production costs to value non-market output. The omissions causing understatement include unpaid household work and hidden-economy production."},{"text":"It excludes exports and foreign-owned firms’ output.","correct":false,"explanation":"Exports and domestic production by foreign-owned firms contribute to the producing country’s GDP. Official GDP instead understates activity by excluding unpaid household work and unreported hidden-economy output."}]},{"id":"642fd313-ec53-45b1-bd95-465bfab384fe","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why can GDP per capita misrepresent most people's living standards?","back":"An average can conceal wide inequality and who receives growth.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"An average can conceal wide inequality and who receives growth.","correct":true,"explanation":"GDP per capita divides total output by population, but does not show its distribution. It can rise despite stagnant incomes for most people if gains accrue mainly to richer households."},{"text":"An average automatically excludes high incomes and who receives growth.","correct":false,"explanation":"An arithmetic average includes high incomes rather than excluding them, and unusually high values can pull it upwards. 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The welfare problem arises because GDP excludes environmental costs such as pollution."}]},{"id":"015e99df-3e95-4fd7-b985-de9f8e7f6a41","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"What does the Easterlin paradox suggest about income and happiness?","back":"Extra income adds progressively less subjective happiness beyond an income threshold.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Extra income adds progressively less subjective happiness beyond an income threshold.","correct":true,"explanation":"The Easterlin paradox suggests that the relationship between income and reported happiness weakens as income rises. Beyond a threshold, further income gains produce progressively smaller improvements in subjective wellbeing."},{"text":"Extra income adds progressively more subjective happiness beyond an income threshold.","correct":false,"explanation":"This reverses the proposed relationship by making happiness gains accelerate with income. 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