GDP stands for gross domestic product. The GDP allows economist to measure the market value in terms of money. They are measuring the final good or service that is being offered to a customer over any given time.
Since the first bag of flour is being sold to a bakery to make bread from and sell for $4.00 the GDP of this item is $4.00 because that is the cost a customer is paying.
The second bag of flour is sold to a customer for $2.00 in a grocery store and is the final cost a they are paying.
In this scenario, the GDP for the two products being sold to a customer is $6.00.
<span>The phrase used in the article, a more equitable distribution of income, is meant to convey the idea that income should be more fairly distributed through everyone in all classes in the country. The basic idea is there should not be such huge gaps between the top and bottom income tiers.</span>
<span>While the role of the state in a command economy is to be Dominant, in a market economy the state's role is to be Passive
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