Another semester kicking off and once again time to demonstrate and explain different measures of GDP and why we have different measures.
For those interested (bit of a rabbit hole of links), here is a link to a short review of an article by Philip Cross at the CD Howe institute on the subject matter by Dr. Giles at Uvic, as well as a link to the complete article (which in its self is fairly short).
Interesting read and insight for sure!
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