03-30-2006, 02:33 PM
eppie,Mar 30 2006, 01:25 AM Wrote:Do you want to start a political discussion here, or are you realy interested in this budget calculation?eppie, I think he asks a legitimate question that many laymen have:
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How does one calculate a GDP? Who audits the estimators? Which subset of Generaly Accepted Accounting Principles are applied?
Gross National Product was once a measure of economic activity, but it seems to have been replaced with GDP.
GDP is used in a forumula for UN dues, for example. With that in mind, how one calculate and estimate GDP has a more than esoteric impact.
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete