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What Is a GDP Deflator

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What is a GDP deflator?
Why do some economists consider the GDP deflator to be a better measure of overall inflation than the Consumer Price Index?


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Gesellschaft

A type of society in which increasing importance is placed on the secondary relationships that are less intimate and more instrumental.

Gemeinschaft

German for community, a state characterized by a sense of common feeling among the members of a society, including strong personal ties, sturdy primary group memberships, and a sense of personal loyalty to one another; associated with rural life.

Pastoral Society

A social system based on the raising and herding of livestock as a primary economic activity.

Division of Labor

An economic concept that divides tasks in a production process, where specialization increases efficiency and productivity.

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