Suppose that over the last twenty-five years a country's nominal GDP grew to three times its former size. In the meantime, population grew by 40 percent and prices rose by 100 percent. What happened to real GDP per person?
a. It more than doubled.
b. It increased, but it less than doubled.
c. It was unchanged.
d. It decreased.
b
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Which of the following describes a moral hazard problem?
A) a process by which individuals have substantial resources devoted to the exchange process and need to make a profit or they will be adversely affected B) a process by which individual buyers or sellers with better information are more likely to participate in voluntary exchange C) a contractual problem that results because monopolies exist in all economies D) a post-contractual problem that may result because participants to the exchange process have information that allows them to act in an opportunistic manner
Select the phrase that correctly completes the following statement. "A decrease in the number of manufacturers caused a decrease in the supply of sailboats. As a result,
A) the price of sailboats increased and the demand for sailboats decreased." B) the equilibrium quantity of sailboats increased." C) the price of sailboats increased. The higher price caused the supply of sailboats to increase." D) the price of sailboats increased and the quantity of sailboats demanded decreased."