Consumer concern about "blood diamonds," a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity, may have caused a drop in De Beers sales

Billy is a plumber. He earns $15 per hour. One morning, just before he was leaving for work, he found a pipe in his kitchen leaking. He spent two hours repairing the pipe

i) How will this affect the calculation of GDP? ii) If Billy had spent two hours working for one of his clients, what would have been the effect of his activity on the calculation of GDP?

One likely reason that the country of Appleland is poor is that it

a. does not produce many goods and services b. has highly educated and productive female workers c. has a low birth rate d. enjoys a low infant mortality rate e. has a high literacy rate