GDP - Applications

1. Go over this article titled "A Case Sudy: Gross Domestic Product - May 2002 at econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM225

2. Learn what our nation consumes at econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM58

3. Why are some nations wealthy while others are so poor? Solve this mystery by going to econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=NN113

4. For the latest data on GDP and its components, visit the Bureau of Economic Analysis at www.bea.doc.gov

5. Global data on per capita incomes and other social indicators are available from the United Nations at www.un.org/depts/unsd/social/inc-eco.htm

6. Find out how much real GDP fell per year during the Great Depression (1929-40) at www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn/0898nip3/table1.htm