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What GDP Counts

The Hospital and the Lipstick

Two purchases of €50 million each. The same in GDP, but they leave two very different countries behind.

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In one country, households buy €50 million of cosmetics. In another, the state builds a €50 million hospital. What happens to each country’s GDP this year?

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