Gross Domestic Product a. In 1803 the United States purchased Louisiana and other territories (828,000 square miles) from France $14,904,000. The GDP deflator for that year was 5.27. How much money did we pay in current dollars? Was the purchase worth it? (use the nearest year for which data is available) b. In 1867 the United States bought Alaska from the Russian Empire for $7.2 million dollars. Use the web to find the a price index for that year and calculate the value of the purchase in current dollars? (use the nearest year for which data is available) c. List at least four factors that you think you will be important measures of the statndard of living other that per capita real GDP. How do these factors relate to per capita real GDP? How could trading more freely among countries affect the size of economies?
a. In 1803 the United States purchased Louisiana and other territories (828,000 square miles) from France $14,904,000. The GDP deflator for that year was 5.27. How much money did we pay in current dollars? Was the purchase worth it? (use the nearest year for which data is available)
b. In 1867 the United States bought Alaska from the Russian Empire for $7.2 million dollars. Use the web to find the a price index for that year and calculate the value of the purchase in current dollars? (use the nearest year for which data is available)
c. List at least four factors that you think you will be important measures of the statndard of living other that per capita real GDP. How do these factors relate to per capita real GDP? How could trading more freely among countries affect the size of economies?
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