If Gladys sells her 1998 Jeep Cherokee for $3,500 in 2016, the sale of her car contributes $3,500 to 2016 GDP. 1) True 2) False

List some of the reasons why economists should not consider GDP an effective measure of the standard of living in a county.

Last year, a small nation with abundant forests cut down 200 worth of trees. It then turned 100 worth of trees into 150 worth of lumber. It used 100 worth of that lumber to produce $250 worth of bookshelves. Assuming the country produces no other outputs, and there are no other inputs used in producing trees, lumber, and bookshelves, what is this nations GDP? In other words, what is the value of the final goods the nation produced including trees, lumber and bookshelves?