In: Economics
which measure of national income and product accounts do you favour and why?
There are different measures of the
national income, important for the different considerations and
analysis. So, there is no one fit for all type of national income
that can be said that it is most important in all analysis. But,
GNP is one measure, that is the basis of different analysis and
provide basis for the finding of other income aggregates.
GNP is the most important national income measure if the focus of
the analysis is to calculate the total income earned by all the
individuals of the country regardless of the place of work. For
example, if a country like Mexico wants to analyze the overall
income of the country, then it is GNP as a sizable workforce work
in the countries likes USA and Canada. So, GNP will consider the
income earned by their nationals in foreign countries. But, such
considerations are missing in GDP consideration. So, GNP becomes
very important.
Though, measuring the well-being of the population can be explained
by personal income earned by the population and its growth over a
period of time. Here, it is the aggregate of the income as per
capita income does not explain the gulf of income inequality among
the different classes of people. So, personal income and its rise,
gives general indicator towards the rise of real personal income of
the people of the country.
It is the reason that different measures explain different aspects
of the economy.