National Income Accounting Basics

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Who is the pioneer of the subject of economics mentioned in the text?

Adam Smith

What are the three ways to calculate national income?

Product method, expenditure method, and income method

What are some of the central questions of economics mentioned in the text?

What generates the economic wealth of a nation, what makes countries rich or poor

What does the economic well-being of a country depend on?

The transformation of natural resources through a production process

In the modern economic setting, the flow of production arises out of the production of:

Commodities - goods and services by millions of enterprises

What happens to the commodities after being produced?

They are purchased by consumers for final use

What is an example of a final good?

Article of clothing produced from cloth

Which entity might purchase goods or services for use in further production?

Enterprises for further production

What is the primary factor determining the economic wealth or well-being of a country?

The use of natural resources in generating a flow of production

What is the role of enterprises in the flow of production?

To produce commodities - goods and services

What happens to a final good once it has been sold?

It passes out of the active economic flow

What is meant by 'flow of production'?

The generation of income from commodity production

What determines how economic wealth is generated from the possession of resources?

The transformation process

Learn the fundamental concepts of national income accounting in a simple economy, including the aggregate income calculation and the three methods to calculate national income.

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