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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:56 AM Original message |
Poll question: Do DUers know the significance of the equation: GDP = C + I + G + (X-M) ?? |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. I hate admitting when I'm uninformed about something |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. Explaining it with only secondary reference to the equation would be better |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Point taken, I won't start out with the formula |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. Any discussion of economics is worth the effort - especially now. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. The equation to worry about is |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Or this one: |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. Here's a formula |
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pinqy (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. The fun part is that... |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. About 30 years ago, for my programming final, I wrote a BASIC program using that feedback... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
10. IIRC its GDP = Consumption + Investment + Gov. Spending + Net Exports |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes. It helps explain why, with the collapse of consumer spending ... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yep. which is why outsourcing has screwed us over. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. The repugs should be called on promoting unbalanced free trade while demanding tax cuts |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. It strikes me that while the US is a very successful exporter of... |
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pinqy (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Or lower the interest rate... |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. That's the monetarist approach |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. We seem to have run out of room for maneuver in that area :-( |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I'm ready, dammit. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
16. I have no idea! |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yikes. I should know this. I think I know what the C and the I stand for. |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. We need to reduce M, and increase X |
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