In: Economics
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Discuss the limitations of GDP as a measurement tool.
Firstly let us have a brief idea that what is GDP.
GDP is the production of final goods and services within the boundary of a country in a financial year
It is measured on the quarterly basis .
Also many country considers it as a main tool for economic prosperity and wellbeing .
But GDP by many economist told that it is not a perfect tool for economic growth because it lacks so many important factors like the standard of living ,happiness index, Gini coefficient ,carbon footprint .
For example Gini coefficient is the the inequality of the income distribution in any economy.
suppose for example country like India which is having a great GDP but income distribution is very unequal there .
Top 1% percent of the people having 60% of total wealth so GDP is showing good data but inside it ,there are so many problems .
There are some more examples regarding happiness index as well.
Hence Gdp it is not a complete measurement tool